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About the Role
The Medical Assistant provides assistance to licensed medical providers in clinic and surgical settings, delivering safe, knowledgeable, and compassionate individualized patient care.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a patient advocate during patient exam and treatment.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs, weight, and height.
- Show patients to examination rooms, procedure rooms, or operative rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Record patients' medical history, medications, allergies, vital statistics, and information such as test results in medical records.
- Ensure proper consent forms are obtained prior to preparing a patient for treatment.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician following safety protocol.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log them, and prepare them for testing.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, wound care instructions, and physicians' instructions to patients.
- Assist physicians with examinations and treatments, handing instruments and materials or performing tasks like giving injections and removing sutures.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies under provider direction.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, maintaining neatness and cleanliness.
- Inspect sterile items prior to opening and lay supplies out on a sterile field in an organized manner.
- Assist the physician with surgical procedures while maintaining a sterile field.
- Assess the patient’s condition throughout the exam, procedure, or surgery and notify the physician and RN of any indication of distress.
- Clean rooms and medical equipment between patients and at the end of the day.
- Dispose of infectious waste and biohazard materials correctly.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Greet patients arriving at the office or clinic.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests and/or admission.
- Inventory and assess the need for instruments, supplies, and equipment, keeping rooms stocked.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- Accurately document all procedures in a timely manner.
- Respond to emergency situations based on nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Assist physicians in patient, employee, or visitor medical emergencies and ensure proper documentation.
- Inventory and order medical emergency supplies monthly and ensure all equipment is in proper working order.
- Adhere to all policies and procedures while supporting a culture of high quality and great customer service.
- Perform other duties that may be necessary or in the best interest of the organization.
Requirements
- One (1)+ year experience in a medical setting, preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of sterile technique, anatomy, and medications.
- Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable.
- Management and organizational skills to support the leadership of this function.
- Ability to follow or provide verbal & written instructions with sufficient grammar and spelling skills.
- Interpersonal skills to support customer service, functional, and team mate support needs.
- Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Mathematical and/or analytical ability for basic to intermediate problem solving.
- Basic to intermediate computer operation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Specialty knowledge of systems relating to job function.
- Knowledge of state and federal regulations for this position.
- General understanding of HIPAA guidelines.
Skills
- Medical terminology
- Sterile technique
- Anatomy
- Medications
- Detail oriented
- Professional attitude
- Reliability
- Management skills
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer service
- Teamwork
- English proficiency
- Mathematical ability
- Analytical ability
- Problem solving
- Computer operation
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- HIPAA guidelines
Location
- Austin-Jollyville - Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 1+ year experience
Salary/Compensations
- Undisclosed