Medical Assistant - Perth Amboy, United States - Jewish Renaissance Medical Center

Description

Overview:

The Jewish Renaissance Medical Center is one of 21 Federally Qualified Health Centers in the state of NJ. Our mission is to provide primary and preventative care to patients regardless of ability to pay, race, ethnicity, and cultural competence. In the last 10 years, the JRMC has been able to expand to over 6 locations in the Middlesex and Essex County areas and provide services to our patients in specialties such as Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, as well as Dental care. By joining and being a member of our team, you will be able to give great care to patients as well as work in a great environment.

As a Certified Medical Assistant you will be required to perform the following duties:

Rooming patients

Obtaining laboratory/radiology/ER/hospital reports prior to provider seeing patient if it pertains to visit and any records upon provider request

• Completion of record release if required.

Draw blood if needed, e.g Newark sites

Immunization entry (old and new) in the patients EMR.

Do EKGs

Perform waived laboratory testing and enter results in EMR.

Urine dipstick

Pregnancy Testing

Rapid Strep Testing

Fingerstick

Administer Vaccines with physician order

Administer Injectable Medications with physician order

Complete portion of medical forms (see attached policy)

NAME/HT/WT/Temp/Vision/Hearing portion of form

Complete record release forms in EMR to obtain records from another office/facility

Set-up and Clean-up patient examination rooms on daily basis

Ensure rooms are well-equipped with necessary supplies

Check on medical supplies

Maintain laboratory logs of patient testing

Assist the Provider and RN in facilitating patient flow

Assist the Provider/RN:

during procedures

handling difficult patients

translation in Spanish if required

Maintain CPR certification

Maintain Medical Assistant certification

Maintain a respectful and professional attitude toward all staff and patients

Document patient encounters in the patients EMR as per EMR Manuals JRMC MA workflow and MA Departmental Protocols