Medical Assistant - Bilingual

Description

• →None

• →Interview patients to obtain and record medical history, vital statistics and information such as test results in electronic medical records
• →Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the provider
• →Explain treatment procedures, medications and providers’ instructions to patients
• →Prepare and stock treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and disposal of contaminated supplies
• →Prepare and administer medications/immunizations
• →preventative health teaching
• →patient/family’s perceptions of illness/problems and adaptation to care
• →all phone calls
• →Identifies unsafe patient environment and intervenes responsibly.
• →Perform general office duties to include back up to answering telephones, and scheduling appointments
• →Assists with recognizing the needs and concerns of people within their cultural framework, and maintains constructive relationships in dealing with them
• →Understands CHC’s relationship with the community and maintains a positive image and relationships
• →Assists with initiating, implementing, and documenting patient and family teaching and documenting their response to teaching. This includes:
• →Maintains open communication with the Registered Nurses, Clinical Director, Mid-level providers, Physicians and other staff, reporting patient progress, abnormal diagnostic/assessment data, and notable health changes.
• →Interprets CHC’s services and policies to patients and families
• →Attends and participates in in-service education for staff, quality assurance program, and risk-management programs.
• →Relieves and substitutes for other staff in other clinical areas as needed for clinic operations and/or other clerical staff as needed.
• →Performs other duties as assigned.
• →Assists with the coordination of patient flow for efficiency of providers giving care as deemed necessary by the nurse manager.

Requirements

• Experience caring for pediatric patients is much desired.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Requires effective interpersonal skills in a multi-cultural setting (Bi-Lingual in Spanish)
• Requires analytical skills, attention to detail, effective organization skills, ability to work in a fast paced environment and ability to prioritize work.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

• High School Diploma
• Some College preferred

• Work requires the ability to lift or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds
• Long periods of standing as well as ability to stoop and bend, to reach, and grab with arms and hands
• OSHA personal exposure risk category I and II.