Certified Medical Assistant

The work hours are Monday-Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm. The pay rate for this position is $22.00/hr. Please note that this a temp-hire position starting in February 2025.

Patient care responsibilities include:

• Escort patients to exam rooms/procedure room, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, collect patient history; perform screenings per provider guidelines, other physical examination preparations and document all information in patient’s chart.
• Assist patients as needed with walking transfers, dressing, collecting specimens.
• Perform nursing procedures under supervision of physician or physician assistant.
• Assist physician and physician assistant in exam rooms.
• Give instructions to patients/families as instructed by physician or physician assistant.
• Serves as the first point of response to patient care related telephone calls and messages. Takes telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls per Physician/ACP direction.
• Collect information and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants.
• Clinical pharmacology; drug administration through various routes except IV’s including injections.
• Assists with minor surgery including surgical tray set-up pre/post-surgical care, applying dressings, and suture removal.
• Administers injections.
• Instructs patients with assistive devices, body mechanics, and home care.
• Initiate laboratory procedures in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and quality control methods.
• CLIA-waived testing.
• Capillary punctures and venipunctures.
• Specimen handling such as urine, throat, vaginal, stool, and sputum.
• Initiates electrocardiography testing including mounting.
• Schedules appointments and referrals. Follows-up to insure completion of physician orders.
• Medication refills.
• Lab reconciliation.
• Complete forms and prior authorizations for médications.
• Monitor and check assigned Athena boxes and other assigned boxes for coverage.

Clerical responsibilities include:

• Assembles patients’ health information including patient symptoms and medical history, exam results, X-ray reports, lab tests, diagnoses, and treatment plans.
• Ensures all related reports, labs and information is available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment.
• Reviews to ensure all forms are completed, properly identified, and signed and that all necessary information in the EHR.
• Communicates as needed with physicians and other health care professionals to clarify diagnoses or obtain additional information.
• Obtains and sends patient medical records to support seamless care delivery.
• Ensure that records are sent within one workday of chart completion to all physicians involved in a patient’s care.
• Obtains lab/X-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, etc.
• Completes forms/requisitions as needed.
• Schedules physician and ancillary appointments.
• Updates charts to ensure that information is complete and filed appropriately.
• Alerts physician when chart is incomplete or is has not been completed within established time standards.

Environmental/logistical responsibilities include:

• Checks schedules and organizes patient flow.
• Sets up instruments and equipment according to department protocols.
• Cleans exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control.
• Performs Medical/surgical asepsis, sterilization, instrument wrapping and autoclaving.
• Cleans sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program and keeps appropriate records.
• Keeps exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, orders, sorts, and stores supplies.
• Completes biohazard waste disposal and monitoring.
• Maintains all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)

Requirements:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited Medical Assisting program (CAAHEP or ABHES).
• Medical Assistant certification preferred.
• Maintain American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification.
• Completion of Hepatitis B Vaccine and Flu Vaccine Form will be required. Candidate may decline vaccination through declination form or may provide record of vaccination from previous employer.
• Completion of TB test will be required.

Experience:

• Minimum one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a medical assistant and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office.
• Electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Vital signs, venipuncture, capillary, and injection.
• E.H.R. utilization.
• Serving customers in person and on the phone

Physical Requirements:

• Work consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support weight of 35 pounds.
• Ability to concentrate on details.
• Use of computer for long periods of time.

Pay Details: $22.00 per hour

In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance