Medical Assistant, Rock Creek Medical Offices

Medical Assistant, Rock Creek Medical Offices

Under direct supervision, performs a variety of basic and routine patient care and clerical duties to assist medical providers in the care and treatment of patients. Primary function is to room patients and facilitate provider schedule. Makes members / patients and their needs a primary focus of ones actions; develops and sustains productive member / patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member / patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members / patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member / patient needs and resolves problems.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to safe medication administration practices, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
• Performs appropriate basic, routine and regular delegated medical functions as directed and within appropriate scope of practice as inferred by knowledge, skill level, and KP guidelines.
• Supports physicians and other medical providers performing routine examination and treatment procedures.
• Performs routine clerical and reception duties, as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrates computer literacy for charting and reviewing in an automated medical record.
• Administers specific medications to identified patient age groups in identified departments.
• Performs duties and responsibilities with excellence, enthusiasm, great service orientation.
• Prepares examination and treatment rooms for use by physicians and other medical providers.
• Reviews and communicates to physician and other medical providers appointment schedule.
• Interviews patient to determine reason for visit; takes patients vital signs; records information in patients medical record.
• Instructs or assists patients in preparation for scheduled procedures.

Basic Qualifications :

License, Certification, Registration :

Additional Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :

External hires must pass a background check / drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and / or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.