Specialty Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant Level 3

Under direct supervision and within an established scope of practice, assists the provider with specialized patient care, assist with examinations, treatments, and special procedures of patients and preparing patients for specialized exams as directed by San Ysidro Health policies and procedures in a medical office or clinic setting. Position encompasses assistance amongst medical specialties, requiring a strong understanding of administrative and clinical workflows to effectively support specialty health care providers, manage patient flow, scheduling and patient education. MA Level 3 is expected to perform the core functions of MA Level 2 with the addition of specialized technical and scheduling functions specific to their medical specialty.

Upholds San Ysidro Health's Policies and Procedures, Core Values and competencies and applicable state, federal and local laws. Perform routine patient care functions as prescribed by licensed health care providers following established clinical protocols and policies and procedures within defined scope of education, training and responsibilities. Assists assigned physician(s) and / or other health care professional(s).

Clinical Duties

• Clinical Intake : Completes clinical intake following DHCS and SYH Guidelines. This includes vital signs & measurements, questionnaires, documenting patient history, reconciling medications, reconciling immunization history.
• Completes daily chart preparation for medical appointments by reviewing the care plan in the provider chart note and / or referral notes; displays the ability to identify overdue health maintenance items, review referral orders, gather provider chart notes, and identify vaccine opportunities.
• Scheduling patient appointments and managing work queue request and in-basket messages.
• Prepares patients for examinations with proper caps, drapes and supplies
• Cleans and sanitizes exam room after each patient
• Assists with minor procedures, biopsies, wound cultures and treatments.
• Prepare patient for examination, procedures and treatments specific to the specialty
• Collects specimens (blood, urine etc.) labeling appropriately and perform basic in-clinic lab POCT as needed.
• Administers injections or medications after completion of 10 hours of medication management training
• Performs basic point of care test, EKGs, hearing and visual acuity
• Applies principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control policy and procedures
• Maintains exam room inventory and replenishes medical supplies and materials throughout the day as needed. Maintains inventory logs
• Participates and responds, when assigned to clinical emergency codes
• Autoclave : cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking of instruments and maintaining logs.
• Assists with specialized procedures and use of equipment as appropriate for the assigned specialty (such as downloading data from continuous glucose monitoring systems).

Administrative Duties

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

Job Requirements

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Universal Requirements

Pre employment requirements include I-9, physical, positive background and reference check results, complete application, new hire orientation, pre-employment PPDs. Compliance with all mandated vaccinations and all boosters is a term and condition of employment.