MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Job description

Primary scheduled hours - Days, 80 hours per pay period Job Summary: Provides patient care in an office setting. Provides care that meets the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of care; meets the communication needs of patient and family; provides care that reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and/or physician. Maintains regulatory requirements, nursing and office policies, procedures and standards. Communicates with physicians and team members about patient's clinical condition, including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology. Essential Job Functions: - Provides direct patient care under the supervision of a physician, evaluates outcomes, and consults with other health team members as required. - Ability to assist nursing and medical staff with routine examinations and patient treatments. This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population. - Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient's age. - Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patien...