Job Description
Overview:
The Physician Office Assistant performs basic medical procedures to assist physician in evaluation and treatment of patients.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare patient for examination and treatment. Take vital signs, height, weight, etc
- May assist in minor surgery: clean and prep op-site. Set up sterile trays and assist in sterile procedures. Sterilize and wrap surgical instruments.
- Obtain lab specimens, perform routine lab procedures, and operate lab equipment (autoclave, microscope centrifuge, and hemogloinometer)
- Perform EKG’s and basic Arrhythmia recognition
- Change sterile dressings, remove sutures and skin clips.
- Administer injections,
- General office bookkeeping, coding and filing insurance claims.
- Practice Universal precautions.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education
• High School Diploma required.
Experience
• Up to one (1) year of experience preferred.
Required Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
• Basic awareness of problem solving and decision making skills.
• Basic awareness of digital literacy skills.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to deal tactfully with customers and the community.
• Ability to handle sensitive information ethically and responsibly.
• Ability to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Ability to function in a clinical setting with diverse cultural dynamics of clinical staff and patients.
Licenses & Certifications
• Medical Assistant certification from an accredited program required.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Beckley, West Virginia |
| Job Type | Full-time |
Skills
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Autoclaveunmatched
Bookkeepingunmatched
Cardiovascular Diseaseunmatched
Centrifugeunmatched
Certified Medical Assistantunmatched
Clinical Assessmentunmatched
Diversityunmatched
Electrocardiogramunmatched
Injectionsunmatched
Insurance Claimsunmatched
Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
Laboratory Techniquesunmatched
Literacyunmatched
Medical Assistanceunmatched
Medical Officeunmatched
Medical Office Administrationunmatched
Medical Terminologyunmatched
Medical Treatmentunmatched
Physician Assistantunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Specimens/Samplesunmatched
Sterilizationunmatched
Treatment Evaluationunmatched
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