Medical Assistant - Behavioral Health

Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana

Specialty - Behavioral Health

Type : Full time - 40 hours a week - Weekends as needed - Rotational shifts

Certification - Medical Assistant 

Job SummaryMedical assistants are a crucial component to your practice’s clinical staff, but their roles can vary in breadth depending on the size of your practice and the amount of work your physicians, physician assistants and nurses choose to give them.Responsibilities and Duties

Perform procedures under supervision of physician or physician assistant

Assist physician and physician assistant in exam rooms

Escort patients to exam rooms, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart

Give instructions to patients as instructed by physician or physician assistant

Ensure all related reports, labs and information is filed is available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment

EKG’s, injections, rapid lab tests, blood draws

Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required

Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls

Triage and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants

Maintain all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)

All other duties as assigned by clinical coordinator or practice administrator

Qualifications and SkillsQualificationsMedical assistants must have knowledge of:

Healthcare field and medical specialty

Medical terminology

Grammar, spelling, and punctuation

Knowledge of EHRs (if applicable)

Skills

Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette

Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow

The ability to perform phlebotomy and administer injections

Education

High school diploma; some college preferred