Medical Assistant

Nuvance; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in Poughkeepsie, NY is seeking a full-time Medical Assistant to support the Cancer Center. The role requires basic medical knowledge, data entry skills, and the ability to obtain accurate vital signs while coordinating care across practices.

You will prepare exam rooms, assist clinicians, manage charts, handle specimen processing, and help with in-office testing and follow-up communications. BLS certification is required within 30 days, with travel between practices as needed.

Qualifications

• Basic medical knowledge and terminology.
• Data entry required.
• Skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs.
• Minimum Experience: one year.
• BLS Certification is required within 30 days.
• Ability to travel between practices as needed.

Responsibilities

• Greets and escorts patient back from waiting room to clinical area. Ensure proper patient identification in accordance with standard operating procedure.
• Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record.
• Provides clerical and secretarial work associated with patient care. Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers.
• Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation process as assigned.
• Assures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked.
• Assures the patient is properly prepared for the scheduled visit to maintain timely patient flow.
• Conducts in-office testing as directed by the clinician.
• Collects, prepares, and processes specimens as directed by the clinician.
• Contacts the patient to provide requested follow-up and relay clinician instructions.
• Maintains inventory and ensures proper upkeep, cleaning and testing of medical equipment and supplies.
• Ability to communicate and document electronic messages effectively.
• Assist in the training of new staff.
• Demonstrates and maintains practice-based competencies for in-office clinical procedures.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

Skills

Vital signs

Data entry

Communication

Travel between practices

Education

BLS Certification

Job description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Medical Assistant - Full Time - Cancer Center - Poughkeepsie, NY

M-F 8:30 - 5- MA with 1 year experience or MA or EMT Certification OR 3 full years of relevant healthcare experience including vitals, blood, rooming and patient care.

Summary:

Provides clinical and clerical support to assure smooth daily department operations in assigned medical practice or practices. Assures that the patient and examination area is properly prepared.

Responsibilities:

• 1. Greets and escorts patient back from waiting room to clinical area. Ensure proper patient identification in accordance with standard operating procedure. Performs all necessary clinical intake activities and documents appropriate information as assigned.
• 2. Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record. Transcribes demographic, medication history, social and medical history as reported by the patient.
• 3. Provides clerical and secretarial work associated with patient care. Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers. Assist in the completion of paperwork such as disability paperwork and scanning of other pertinent patient information as appropriate.
• 4. Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation process as assigned.
• 5. Assures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked. Performs environmental rounds on a weekly/monthly basis as assigned.
• 6. Assures the patient is properly prepared for the scheduled visit to maintain timely patient flow. This includes assisting patients into gowns, having clinical paperwork, any needed supplies, and educational materials immediately available for the provider use.
• 7. Conducts in-office testing as directed by the clinician. Coordinates testing and outside ancillary services as applicable. Reviews instructions for upcoming procedures and tests as applicable.
• 8. Collects, prepares, and processes specimens as directed by the clinician. Completes process by assuring specimen results are logged in the accession book and are reconciled in the patients record.
• 9. Contacts the patient to provide requested follow-up, advises them of test results or relays clinicians instructions.
• 10. Maintains inventory and ensures proper upkeep, cleaning and testing of medical equipment and supplies. Fills out appropriate logs.
• 11. Ability to communicate and document electronic messages effectively.
• 12. Assist in the training of new staff.
• 13. Demonstrates and maintains practice-based competencies for in-office clinical procedures if applicable.
• 14. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• 15. Maintains and Model the Organization�s values.
• 16. Demonstrates regular, dependable, and predictable attendance.
• 17. Performs other duties as required in accordance with their scope of practice.

Education Skills Experience:

Basic medical knowledge and terminology. Data entry required. Skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs. Minimum Experience: one year. BLS Certification is required within 30 days. Ability to travel between practices as needed.

Other Information:

Basic medical knowledge and terminology. Data entry required. Skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs. Minimum Experience: one year. BLS Certification is required within 30 days. Ability to travel between practices as needed.

Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice PC

Org Unit: 2122

Department: Vassar Neuro Oncology

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $18.83 - $34.50 Hourly