Dynamic Medical Assistant — Patient Care & Admin Support

Southcoast Health System, Inc.; Richmond Hill (GA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

SouthCoast Health System, Inc. seeks a Full-time Medical Assistant for our Primary Care Office in Richmond Hill. The role supports providers with patient care, clerical tasks, and overall clinic flow.

Responsibilities include preparing charts, taking vital signs, coordinating with teams, updating care plans, and ensuring the EHR is current. Prior authorization, scheduling, and referral processing may be required.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assisting training program or
• EMT-A or paramedic is required.

Responsibilities

• Controls the patient flow in the clinic for the providers. Coordinates with co-workers to ensure all necessary clinical services are provided on date of service.
• Prepares patient charts for the appointment: reviews and gathers information from the medical record to ensure the health status is clear before the appointment and ensures chart is complete in EHR before closing.
• Prepares the patients for examinations and/or special procedures; records vital signs and interviews patients to identify medical needs and history; reconciles medications at every visit and documents findings.
• Update patient plans of care and document care coordination/interventions while integrating quality initiative measurements to show results.
• Manage EHR boxes of outstanding tasks, alerts, or pending actions related to patient care timely and accurately.
• Communicate with pharmacy to address issues, refills, or medication management; assist in obtaining prior authorization as needed.
• Schedules lab work, specialist visits, completes paperwork for proper billing, and ensures lab orders are entered.

Skills

Patient care

Medical terminology

Communication

Electronic Health Records

Vital signs

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Graduate of accredited Medical Assisting training program

EMT-A or paramedic

Job description

SouthCoast Health System, Inc. seeks a Full-time Medical Assistant for our Primary Care Office in Richmond Hill. The role supports providers with patient care, clerical tasks, and overall clinic flow.

Responsibilities include preparing charts, taking vital signs, coordinating with teams, updating care plans, and ensuring the EHR is current. Prior authorization, scheduling, and referral processing may be required.