Medical Assistant

Job Description

Medical Assistant

Woodbridge VA

MUST:

2+years of clinical experience in a medical office as a medical assistant

Certified, Registered or Medical Assistant Diploma or CNA or EMT

Rooming patients and obtaining vitals

Comfortable wearing a lead vest

Administering injections

2+ years of clinical experience and some front office experience

Experience checking patients in

Answering phones

Checking patients in and out

Scheduling

Experience charting patient information in EMR

Ability to process labs

Experience assisting physicians with exams and procedures

DUTIES:

The Medical Assistant/Receptionist will be responsible for the following:

Room patients

Answer phones

Schedule appointments

Check patients in

Obtain vitals

Administer injections

Assist with exams and procedures

Triage

Assisting with the C-Arm machine and setting patients up

Process labs

Obtain vitals and histories

Assist physicians with exams and procedures

Chart patient information in EMR

Report to clinical coordinator or practice administrator

Perform nursing 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 patients 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

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*Quadrant, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Quadrant is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.