Medical Assistant - Jonesboro

Medical Assistant

Specialty: Outpatient Clinic, Infectious Disease
Location: Jonesboro, GA 
Schedule: Fulltime, Monday - Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (1/2 hour lunch break) or 8 am- 4 pm (These times will vary based on patient volume and other extenuating circumstances)
Pay based on experience: $18+/hr.

Description of Duties

• Administer medications, treatments, and injections as delegated under physician’s supervision.
• Receive, organize, and dispense medication and other samples as prescribed by physicians, recording all samples dispensed in the patient’s EHR.
• Assist with patient recalls for abnormal labs and/or test results.
• Performs medical assisting procedures under supervision of, or as delegated by a physician.
• Assists physicians in all procedures related to patient examinations.
• Assist colleagues with patient/physician flow in exam and procedure rooms.
• Take and record in EHR baseline vital signs (BP, P, T°, Wt., & R), patient history (review of symptoms, medical history, ALL medications patient is currently taking (including OTC meds and herbal supplements, etc.), and allergies.
• Routine laboratory procedures, which include but are not limited to - urinalysis, blood glucose. Venipunctures as needed.
• Assist physicians with completion of superbills during patient consults.
• Process all pharmacy and patient electronic requests and phone calls for medication refills.
• Responsible for managing and setting up all physician computers to receive weekly software updates.
• Obtain precertification / prior authorization as needed for medications and procedures.
• Prepare lab requisitions, and schedule procedures and tests with ancillary providers when ordered by physician.
• Respond to patient calls received before 4 pm on the same day. Respond to all calls received after 4 pm before 12 pm the following business day.
• Enroll patients in the patient portal.
• Maintain crash cart, properly discarding all expired products and replenishing with new product as needed.
• Review the “Lab Requisitions” daily for labs ordered, but not reported.

• Graduate of medical assisting course or nursing program
• CPR certified.
• Phlebotomy preferred but not required