Certified Medical Assistant

Essential Functions:

• Sets up exam room and prepare patient for appropriate exam
• Utilize population management tool (i2i) to print huddle reports for each daily huddle. Add patients to Tracking Types as indicated
• Communicate as needed with Case Management and Nurse Care Managers in pre-visit planning for provider sessions
• Track referrals for assigned providers, and follow up on test results; i.e.; lab results, ultrasounds, x-ray's, MRI's
• Participate in weekly planned care team meetings
• Assist in care management and support of defined patient populations
• Checks patient vital signs, obtains medical history, HIV risk assessment and rapid screening, depression screening, standing lab orders and chief complaint
• Provides health screenings as ordered by the provider, i.e., vision screening, auditory screening, EKG, urine dipstick, finger-stick glucose and cholesterol readings
• Drapes patients with covering and positions instruments and equipment
• Assists providers during exams as directed; i.e.; wound care; application of ace bandages, splints, slings, ear irrigation; Implanon and IUD insertions/removals; assists with vaginal exams and cultures; colposcopies, etc., and performs other first-aid procedures
• Administers medications and vaccines, as ordered by the provider
• Provides appropriate patient education and counseling
• Maintains patient records and related forms
• Performs routine or special cleaning of rooms and supplies daily following appropriate Infection Control guidelines
• Dispose of contaminated supplies and bio-hazardous materials according to OSHA and other regulatory standards
• Assists in maintaining inventories. Report when supplies are low or expired
• Performs quality control checks and document; i.e., refrigerator/ freezer temperatures; Accu-check and cholesterol calibrations; incubator and hematocrit monitoring; pregnancy and urine test supply checks; etc.
• Participates in outreach/or community education programs
• Implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation and obstructed airway techniques as need
• Phlebotomy and collection of other lab specimens
• Prepares and distributes correspondence, distributes and processes mail
• Communication skills using appropriate medical terminology
• Following appropriate legal and ethical professional conduct. Performs other duties as assigned
• Safeguards patient confidentiality at all times