Medical Asst Job Description
Medical asst
provides radiation Oncologists with special physics consultations and advise physicians on special treatment procedures and clinical treatment setups.
Medical Asst Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective medical asst job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included medical asst job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Cleans, prepares, organizes and re-stocks exam rooms
Intake information in EPIC EMR to include history, medications, allergies
Clean and stock Exam Room
Coordinate out-patient testing and referrals, hospital pre-admission when necessary
Maintain all logs and required checks
Take telephone and e-mail messages, medication refill requests, from patients and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy per physician protocol
Understand the order in which tubes should be drawn
Pull identified specimens from -80 degree freezer for shipment to study designated laboratories
Perform duties described below in a busy, fast paced clinic
Assist with treatments ordered by physician as supervised by physician or registered nurse
Medical Asst Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Medical Asst
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, MA, AAMA, AMT, AMCA, NCCT, RMA, CMA
Education for Medical Asst
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the medical asst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Education, Medical Assistant, Medical, Sciences, Associates, Technical, Medical Assisting, Graduate, Film, Health
Skills for Medical Asst
Desired skills for medical asst include:
Diagnostic and treatment room procedures
Exam
Procedures and techniques involved in administering routine and special treatments to patients
Sterile techniques and special procedures that are applicable to work performed
Medications
Waste disposal and sterile techniques
SJHMG clinical policies and procedures
Examination
Healthcare insurance and terminology
Meaning and use of medical terminology and abbreviations
Desired experience for medical asst includes:
Must be able to multi-task quickly, but still maintain a high level of accuracy and precision
Must remain composed under pressure and meet deadlines
Active certification as a Medical Assistant through the state of Washington Department of Health and familiar with the State's conduct and standards of practice
Completion of a Medical Assistant course accredited by the American Association of Medical Assistants or the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA)
Graduate of a State recognized vocational school or equivalent
Cardiology Experience is a preferred
Medical Asst Examples
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Medical Asst Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a medical asst. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for medical asst
- Interview patients, measure vital signs, and record information on patients' charts
- Perform basic clerical duties including answering the phone, maintaining records, and filing
- Perform basic materials management functions to include ordering and stocking of supplies
- Pack supply carts, order supplies, maintain inventory
- Work hours will be determined based on meeting the needs of the department which can be subject to change
- Provides direct and indirect care to patients in the Ambulatory and Hospital setting
- Performs clerical duties under direct supervision of the provider/ licensed nurse
- Specialties range from preventative health to transplant services
- Provides patient care support and assists providers in the delivery of timely, quality patient health care services in a clinic environment
- Rooms patients, manages patient flow and obtains adequate patient medical information/data
Qualifications for medical asst
- Cardiology Experience is preferred
- Medical Assistant Certification is preferred
- Conduct intake on patients’ vital signs
- Complete patient health history in the electronic medical record
- Knowledge of anatomy and proficient in medical terminology
- May be required to draw and collect blood samples for patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a medical asst. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for medical asst
- Prepare patient for examination
- Receives or initiates patient phone calls and follows practice or protocol while gathering pertinent data regarding the reason for call or patient request
- Schedules/cancels appointments for existing patients following standard practice
- May work in a team supporting multiple providers
- Non contract
- Monday - Friday clinic hours
- If support changes occur, may float to OB departments at other sites such as Bandana Square, Maplewood, and United Women's Health Clinics
- Provides urogynecology patient care support and assists providers in the delivery of timely, quality patient health care services in a clinic environment
- Perform EKG
- Call and send letters to patients who have missed remote transmission appointments as directed by RN's
Qualifications for medical asst
- Cardiac experience preferred
- Completion of a Medical Assisting program
- One (1) year of experience in an outpatient imaging center is preferred
- Requires full range of motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds and occasionally lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds
- Staff must remain flexible and available to provide staffing assistance for any/all disaster or emergency situation
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a medical asst. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for medical asst
- Reconcile current medications and allergies
- Arrange for Event Monitors for patients
- Connect Holter Monitors to patients
- Main priority is working in the injection room where patients receive allergy injections, update vaccinations, complete blood pressure checks, apply Holter monitors, apply Home Sleep Study equipment, and other miscellaneous tasks
- Experience in ambulatory OB/Gyn clinic highly desirable
- Benefit Eligible
- Provides obstetrical & midwifery patient care support and assists providers in the delivery of timely, quality patient health care services in a clinic environment
- Rooms patients, manages patient flow, performs NST's, assist with procedures and obtains adequate patient medical information/data
- Performs EKG's as needed
- This position will also be responsible for assisting with Optifast product inventory, ordering, and/or product sales
Qualifications for medical asst
- Medical Assistant diploma from an accredited school or certification from an approved credentialing body for medical assistants is required
- National certification as a registered Medical Assistant is preferred
- One-year experience in a clinic, doctor's office or ambulatory care setting is preferred
- Excellent communication and customer service skills in order to positively impact the experience of care for our patients, external customers and internal service partners
- Ability to respond to various patient needs
- Good organization, problem solving and judgment skills
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of medical asst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for medical asst
- Duties related to patient care in a team-based care and integrative health environment
- Competency is all skills related to the performance of providing exceptional patient care
- Assist in explaining policies, procedures, or services to our patients using your clinical and administrative knowledge based upon the scope of the physician's practice
- Proficiency with care tasks such as phlebotomy, aseptic technique
- Obtain the patient's medical history and document in the electronic medical record
- Ability to work with an Electronic Health Record, Practice Management and Scheduling systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills along with effective oral and written communication skills to enhance age-specific patient care, team collaboration and analytical problem solving
- Detail oriented with ability to multitask and follow-through
- Assists in the design and oversight of efficient patient flow and upholds an environment of patient safety and satisfaction
- Record patient history, chief complaint, pharmacy info, prescription list, into EMR for physical
Qualifications for medical asst
- Effective keyboarding skills and ability to navigate within an electronic medical record work environment
- LPNs must be licensed in the state of Minnesota
- 1-2 years of Urogynecology and/or Urology experience
- Comfortable and experienced with catheterization
- 1 or more years of Medical Assistant experience, completing intake tasks and registration (scheduling, check-in, check-out, and account collections
- Medical Assistant Certification ( Nat'l Medical Assistant (MA) Certification - CMA (Cert
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Medical Asst Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a medical asst. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for medical asst
- May be responsible for documenting the visit while in the exam room with the physician
- Clean and ensure the proper maintenance occurs for all exam rooms and sterilize instruments as trained
- Stock and supply exam rooms according to standards and patient needs
- Organizes and updates files, charts, and records Responsible for stocking of supplies and assists in ordering supplies
- Takes the patient's medical history and documents in the electronic medical record
- Assist with face to face and virtual visits
- Completes chart prep and previsit phone calls
- Medical Assistants will measure and record vital signs, take patient medical history and chief complaint and record information accurately in the medical chart
- Phlebotomy, finger sticks, and collection of other lab specimens
- Assist the provider with exams and minor office surgery
Qualifications for medical asst
- Current MN LPN licensure for LPN candidates
- LPN candidates must have a current MN LPN license
- BLS training and current certification required
- Graduation from an M.A
- Previous M.A
- Able to multi-task in a busy Family Practice clinic