Clinical Medical Assistant: Patient Care & EHR Support

Greene County Health Care; Snow Hill (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Contentnea Health in eastern North Carolina is seeking a medical assistant to support physicians and advanced practice providers in patient care. You will help with pre-visit planning, vital signs, exams, lab specimen processing, immunizations, and patient education.

You will document data in EHR and NCIR and assist front desk tasks as needed. The ideal candidate has a certificate in medical assisting or nursing assisting and a current BLS certification, with strong communication and computer

Qualifications

• Possesses work-related skills at a higher level than completion of high school, including formal written and verbal communication skills, computational and computer skills.
• Possesses specific knowledge of medical assisting processes and practices, typically acquired during completion of a certificate in medical assisting or nursing assisting with a duration of up to a year.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and advanced practice practitioners with patient care.
• Performs pre-visit planning and obtains vital signs.
• Performs standing orders and reviews medical histories with patients.
• Prepares patients for examinations and assists practitioner with examinations and procedures.
• Collects and processes lab specimens and administers medications and immunizations.
• Performs vision and hearing tests, ear irrigation, ECGs, spirometry, wound care, splinting and nebulized therapies.
• Ensures data is documented in EHR and NCIR, and relays instructions to patients.
• Transmits medication orders/refills to pharmacies and completes practitioner-related paperwork.
• Provides temporary support for front desk operations including check-in/out and appointment scheduling.
• Maintains OSHA sanitation standards and proper disposal of medical waste, and inventories supplies and equipment.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Computational skills

Computer literacy

Education

Medical assisting certificate

Nursing assistant certificate

Job description

Contentnea Health in eastern North Carolina is seeking a medical assistant to support physicians and advanced practice providers in patient care. You will help with pre-visit planning, vital signs, exams, lab specimen processing, immunizations, and patient education.

You will document data in EHR and NCIR and assist front desk tasks as needed. The ideal candidate has a certificate in medical assisting or nursing assisting and a current BLS certification, with strong communication and computer