Cma Certified Medical Assistant

Manages work flow and quality care effectively and efficiently in a digital environment including tasks such as:

- Processing orders

- Recording family & patient medical/ surgical history

- Recording review of systems

- Recording manual lab results

- Processing assigned task management & nurse calls

- Performing a Med reconciliation

- eRx and drug/drug, drug/allergy review

- Recording of vital signs

- Updating the problem list

- Updating Allergy list

- Updating provider roles

• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of accepted clinical procedures.
• Ability to use the electronic health record as required and meets all measurable criteria.
• Provides professional care for surgical patients following established standards approved by Premier physicians. Assists in coordinating patient peri-operative surgical and outpatient care as needed. Prepares equipment and performs and assists with examinations, diagnostic procedures, treatments, wound care, and office surgeries as ordered by physicians. Provides accurate, complete, legible and timely documentation of all nursing procedures in the medical record.
• Calls in or e-prescribes prescriptions as directed by physicians following all applicable federal and state guidelines. Responds to phone calls from patients, pharmacies, hospital with regard to medication questions and documenting appropriately in the patient's chart.
• Efficiently organizes patient flow by timely obtaining authorizations for care as needed, ensuring receipt of test results differentiating abnormal and normal findings and bringing those to the attention of the physician.
• Performs daily and weekly environmental cleaning and equipment quality control and maintenance including maintaining assigned exam rooms with necessary supplies and instrument sterilization. Complies with all applicable infection control and safety procedures. Follows correct procedures for handling and disposing of bio hazardous infectious waste.
• Coordinates and documents appropriate release of medical information according to Premier policy and in accordance with HIPAA.
• Uses appropriate reporting mechanisms as required by federal (HIPAA) and state laws as well as corporate compliance policy.
• Respects the dignity, confidentiality and privacy of patients and fellow employees per corporate compliance policy.
• Always obtains appropriate patient consents for treatment and authorizations for release of information.
• Provides sufficient information to allow patients and their significant others to participate in the patient's care. Promptly answers phone calls, emails and any other communications in a prompt and courteous manner. Accurately documents all phone calls, emails or other communications in the patient's chart per office policy.
• Timely and accurately responds to requests for clinical information for patients’ treatment including prescription requests, telephonic questions and other communications requesting a timely reply.