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Medical Assistant - Per Diem - Pediatric Satellites (Lawrence, Chelmsford, Woburn & Brockton)

Medical Assistant - Per Diem - Pediatric Satellites (Lawrence, Chelmsford, Woburn & Brockton)

Tufts MedicineBrockton, MA, United States
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Medical And Clinical Support Services Role

This role focuses on providing medical and clinical support services to patients. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following duties : Prepares patient rooms, escorts patients to rooms, takes vitals and documents patient information; assists physicians with procedures and educates patients on specimen collection. Performs clerical or administrative duties in support of clinical operations. A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience. This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and / or scientific / laboratory jobs. An entry-level role typically requiring little to no prior knowledge or experience and requiring vocational or technical education. Work is routine or follows standard procedures, is closely supervised, and communicates information that requires little explanation or interpretation.

Hours : Per Diem during Monday-Friday 8 : 30am-5pm shifts

Location : Tufts Medicine Pediatrics with Boston Children's Specialty Center - Woburn - 7 Alfred Street, Suite 300A, Woburn, MA 01801

Other Locations : Ability to float between Woburn, Lawrence, North Chelmsford offices.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Completion of Clinical Program OR Six (6) months of clinical experience in a healthcare setting.
  • Basic Life Support Certification OR Obtain within three (3) months.

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Two (2) years of medical office experience.
  • Bi-Lingual.
  • Experience with electronic medical record systems.
  • Duties And Responsibilities :

    The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

  • Controls and monitors patient flow to maximize efficient use of providers and exam rooms. Communicates delays to patients and providers. Responds to variations in patient volume, provider ability, and resources (e.g. early arrivals, no shows, providers who are absent, etc.) by making continual adjustments in room utilization and assignment.
  • Prepares medical record for patient visit, confirming accuracy with patient identifiers, entering chief complaint and social history. This may require interviewing the patient to obtain data.
  • Exercises a high degree of customer service in all interactions with patients, internal and external customers. Provides a safe, comfortable, and clean environment for patients and families.
  • Assists provider, patient and patients family with admitting patient into the hospital. Makes out clothing list and facilitates smooth transition to inpatient unit.
  • Escorts patient to exam room and prepares patient for provider visit. This may include pediatric, adult, geriatric patients. Checks to ensure patient comfort, privacy, and safety.
  • Ensures patient and personal safety. Determines fall risk and implements appropriate measures. May sit with a patient who needs monitoring.
  • Prepares exam room for each patient in accordance with needs of patients visit.
  • Assists and / or chaperones providers / nursing with physical exams, treatments and procedures as necessary.
  • Performs and records vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temperature, height and weight), records patients stated level of pain, and reviews list of medications with patient.
  • Performs collection of specimens and / or ensures the necessary supplies and equipment are ready for the provider to use during the visit.
  • Performs Point of Care Testing (POC) as ordered including Urine dips, HCG testing, Strep A, HGB A1C, and glucose testing.
  • May be required to perform phlebotomy.
  • Assists in arranging for diagnostic testing, surgery and in-patient admissions under direction of the nurse or physician.
  • Assists with patient billing by ensuring CPT code, diagnosis code and all supplies and procedures are indicated on charting.
  • Ensures outside paperwork is scanned into patients electronic medical record. Processes and tracks referrals and prior authorizations as requested / ordered by provider. Notifies provider of patient requests for referrals and prescription renewals.
  • Uses proper techniques and procedures for hazardous waste disposal, universal precautions and for body mechanics. Maintains clinic rooms according to infection control and cleaning policies.
  • Stocks, maintains and rotates supplies in clinic rooms daily according to clinic demands. Monitors expiration dates. Monitors supply inventory for clinic and orders supplies as needed. Maintains equipment.
  • Participates in unit specific quality improvement projects i.e. hand washing audits, time-outs, refrigerator / medication logs, daily / monthly code cart checks.
  • Provides administrative support which may include coordinating interpreter services, answering telephone calls, taking accurate messages, forwarding messages, and faxing.
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