Medical Assistant

Responsible for knowing and following Center clinical policies and procedures, including charting and other paperwork, in providing all aspects of patient care, patient interviews, and preparation of patients for provider assessment and treatment;

1. Obtains all vital signs according to established procedure;
2. Prepares patients for examinations consistent with the purpose of their appointments;
3. Assists providers with exams of patients or any special procedures;
4. Performs screenings per provider guidelines and assisting provider/nurses with various procedures;
5. Performs supervised laboratory procedures approved by the Nurse Practitioner;
6. Cleans patient examination areas, removing instruments and supplies, discards disposable supplies and instruments, disinfects exam room tables, treatment and lab surfaces daily, and ensures that the rooms are ready for the next patient;
7. Prepares and sterilizes clinical instruments; reviews expiration dates for sterilized equipment and re-sterilize equipment as needed to ensure a readily available supply of sterile instruments;
8. Monitors and documents monitoring of medications and biologicals, determines whether records for tracking/monitoring expired and deteriorated medications and biologicals are accurate and updates such records in accordance with Center policy;
9. Uses and maintains medical equipment as directed (including the autoclave and other equipment as directed).
10. Maintains and distributes medical supplies for all specialties; orders medical supplies as needed;
11. Assists Medical Records Assistant in scheduling patients and coordinating transportation.
12. Fulfills health information management responsibilities as assigned, which may include:

13.1.  Sending/receiving faxed copies of patient medical records such as lab/x-ray reports, progress notes, referral information;

13.2.  Obtain and complete referral appointments for patients at provider's request etc.;

13.3.  Complete forms/requisitions as needed;

13.4.  Schedules appointments for specialty tests;

13.5.  Verifies insurance coverage and patient demographics;

1. Perform autoclave cleaning and testing;
2. Maintain clinical and business records, manually or using a computer;
3. Medical Assistants who work as s phlebotomists perform the following tasks:

16.1.  Draws blood from patients for medical purposes;

16.2.  Assembles equipment (such as needles, blood collection devices, gauze, tourniquet, cotton, and alcohol);

16.3.  Verifies or records identity of patient or donor;

16.4.  Converses with patients to allay fear of procedure;

16.5.  Applies tourniquet to arm, locates vein, swabs area with disinfectant, and inserts needle into vein to draw blood into collection tube. (May also prick finger instead of inserting needle.);

16.6.  Labels and stores blood container for processing;

16.7.  May conduct interviews, take vital signs and test blood samples;

16.8.  Analyzes information and makes appropriate recommendations.

1. Ensures that patient records are kept confidential consistent with the Health Center policies and procedures and HIPAA standards; monitors HIPAA compliance within the work environment;
2. Immediately reports any discovered or suspected fraud, waste, or abuse of Health Center funds to the Administrative Manager or Program Director;
3. Immediately reports any discovered or suspected violations of HCC’s protected health information privacy or security policies and procedures to the Administrative Manager or Program Director.

Email: Msiebel@HealthCareChoicesny.org or call and speak with Janice Nash , Human Resources at 718-234-0073 ext: 26006: jnash@healthcarechoicesny.org