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Description

Medical Assistant
Training & Placement Assistance Available

Multiple positions available for the Montclair, NJ location.

$18.00 per hour - Full-time (starting)


Job details

Salary
$18.00 / hour (starting)


Job Type
Full-time, Standard Office Hours
Full Job Description


About Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center

Mission:

To provide an exceptional patient centered experience for our patients, families and community through the dedicated efforts of our outstanding TEAM of health care providers.

Vision:

To be the hospital of choice recognized for providing the highest quality, cost effective and compassionate healthcare in the Pascack and Northern valley regions.

Values:
Integrity, Passion, Innovation, Ownership & Loyalty, Respect, Excellence, Collaboration, Teamwork


Standards of Performance:
Respect, Professionalism, Communication, Service, Safety, Commitment to Co-Worker, Etiquette

We are looking for a dynamic and passionate
Medical Assistant to join our team


NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. We are recruiting for immediate available positions. Start your career in healthcare today


Applicants will complete training and be ready to work in as little as 5 weeks.

Training will include live online instruction plus convenient hands-on lab skills scheduled in your local area to prepare you to work as a Medical Assistant.

Location:
One Bay Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042


Job Type:
Full Time


Pay:
$18.00 hour (starting)


Key Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Clinical Coordinator and/or Practice Administrator/Director Physician Practice Operations, the Medical Assistant (MA) will provide superior patient care and perform both clinical and administrative tasks.

Essential Job Functions:

• Enter, maintain, and report all medical history, medical coding, and filing claims using Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
• Greet, prepare, and take patients to examination room, this includes:
• Take patients' vital signs, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, height, weight, and medical history.
• Understand, properly document, and convey reason for visit or medical complaint.
• Record and update all patient information from pulse oximetry, changes in allergies, and pain levels in EMR.
• Performs venipuncture and electrocardiograms, as ordered by the physician.
• Collect, preserve, and properly label laboratory specimens, bodily fluid, and blood samples.
• Provide patients with privacy, comfort, safety and hygiene.
• Assisting the Practice Physician during examination
• May be called upon to explain medical procedures to patients.
• Responsible for sterilization and preparation of medical instruments. Making sure patient exam rooms are disinfected, orderly, and ready for incoming patients.
• Assist in maintaining inventory of all necessary supplies and inventory instruments.
• Assist in maintaining and stocking all equipment for all exam rooms and inventory.
• Maintains appropriate paperwork for inventory control and reviews orders received for completeness.
• Address and request referrals and other insurance authorizations. As well as passing along patient information for prescription, xray or lab requisitions to necessary parties. This includes calling pharmacies, hospitals, and labs.
• Monitor refrigerator temperature and log for all refrigerated vaccines and medications.
• Other office and clinical responsibilities, assigned by supervisor(s) or Physician, as deemed necessary.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Ability to multitask, can work in a fastpaced clinical environment, can engage patients, peers, and supervisors in a dedicated, comforting, respectful and effective way and has the ability to adapt to change.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED

Pay:
From $18.00 per hour


Work Location:
Multiple locations