Medical Assistant

Job Location: Warwick, RI 02886

Job Duration: 3+ Months

Description:

Responsibilities

• Coordinates schedules with professional staff and schedules appointments. Registers patients, verifying insurance coverage and appropriate referrals, answers telephone and directs calls appropriately.
• Prepare each patient’s medical record per office protocol (i.e., lab reports, allergies and other correspondence.)
• Prepare patients for examination, assisting elderly residents with gowning and seating as appropriate.
• Performs CLIA waived tests as instructed by physician including: phlebotomy, Electrocardiograms, glucometer tests and spirometry.
• Maintain treatment rooms and clinical equipment. Maintain clinical inventory and order supplies as needed.
• Obtain and record blood pressure, height, weight, pulse, respirations, vision screening, and temperature as needed.
• Perform all duties as assigned.

Physical Environment - The job is typically required to perform work through eye/hand/foot coordination most of a normal working day.

Job Qualifications and Specifications - Vocational/Technical training and/or a minimum of six months job-related experience or equivalent.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• CPR
• Data Entry
• Electrocardiography
• Filing
• General Clerical
• Infection Control Procedures
• Medical Terminology
• Patient Transport
• Scheduling
• Secretarial Functions
• Sterilization Procedures
• Waste Management
• Phlebotomy