Medical Assistant - Neurosurgery
GWU Medical Faculty Associates

Job Info

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Position Summary

To assist physicians, nurses, and patients by providing ambulatory medical care services.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

CLINICAL

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  Escort
  
  

Responsible for clinic patient flow, informing physicians of patients' arrival and room assignment

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  Rooming patients
• Accompanies and/or assists patients to the exam room in a professional manner
• Obtains patient vital signs, including height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration
  
  
• Pulse oximetry if needed
• Vital Signs

Able to perform using manual equipment and Welch Allen spot vital sign machine and import results to electronic medical record in a timely fashion

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  Assist physicians during examinations and procedures
  
  

This includes setting up the exam room and preparing the patient

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  May be required to take patient medical history if an applicable per department
• Assists in explaining test procedures to patients
• Current in basic CPR/AED
• Communicates laboratory and test results to physicians and/or nurses
• May assist with other support activities, including packaging and sterilizing equipment and supplies.
• Maintains patient areas clean and safe
• Maintains and improves knowledge and expertise through continuous training
  
  

Passes yearly Competency-Based Objectives (CBO), if required by the department.

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  Must pass all tests in a maximum of two attempts, if required by the department.
• Knowledge and performance of sterile techniques required.
• Suture removal is permitted as long as a nurse or physician is present to assess the wound.
• Assist in maintaining patient areas in a clean and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  
  

ADMINISTRATIVE

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  Answers phones and triages calls as appropriate.
• Schedules patient appointments and procedures
• Takes inventory of supplies, equipment, and medication
• Ensures clinical areas are well stocked
• Ensures expiration dates have not lapsed
• Communicates problems and concerns to supervisors
• Copying/faxing/scanning
• Reports equipment/computer problems
• Provides excellent customer service by demonstrating positive behaviors towards patients, families/visitors, providers, other department staff, and co-workers.
  
  

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  Performs QA of equipment and instruments.
  
  

COMPUTER SKILLS - IDX/TOUCHWORKS

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  Properly import vital signs into the patients' electronic medical record
• Properly document medical information
• Generates accurate simple tasks
  
  

Such as notifying physicians of PPD and Point of Care (POC) results, etc.

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  Able to locate, follow, and document results of computerized orders
• Able to appropriately document care and services into the patients' electronic medical record
• Able to pull up schedules and print labels
• Attend IT training
• Attend all training classes to maintain computer skills and learn any touchworks updates
• Pass all proficiency tests
  
  

All tests must be passed in a maximum of two attempts if required by the department.

Per scope of work, Medical Assistants are NOT allowed to do the following:

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  Medical Assistants cannot call in an RX without a doctors order
• Medical Assistants are not allowed to do insulin injections
• Medical Assistants cannot calculate dosages
  
  

Qualifications

Education

• High school graduate and graduate from a Medical Assistant School.
• Certification or Registration as a Medical Assistant is required and required to keep current.

Experience

• Two to three years experience in general patient care (i.e. hospital, physician's office, or ambulatory care setting) preferred.

 

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