Medical Assistant

InnovaCare Health; Haines City (FL); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

InnovaCare Management Services Company, LLC is seeking a Medical Assistant under medical supervision to support physicians in delivering health care. You will assist with patient intake, vital signs, and triage while handling charting and lab tasks in a fast-paced clinic.

The role involves performing tests (EKG, strep, spirometry, venipuncture), assisting with procedures, maintaining supplies, and ensuring HIPAA compliance. E-Verify participation is noted in the policy materials.

Qualifications

• Medical Assistant Certificate or equivalent experience including patient contact.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred but not required.
• Basic medical terminology and arithmetic.
• Vein puncture techniques and safe clinic practices.

Responsibilities

• Identify patient chief complaint and record in medical records.
• Communicate abnormal findings to physician.
• Assist patients with medical history forms and prepare for examination.
• Document all patient phone calls.
• Perform vital signs and basic measurements.
• Conduct tests and procedures as directed (EKG, venipuncture, strep test, etc.).
• Assist with injections, wound care, minor procedures, and consultations.
• Clean and sterilize equipment; stock rooms and labs.
• Maintain medical supply inventory and call pharmacy as needed.
• Notify patients of changes ordered by physician and manage pharmacy messages.

Skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Medical terminology

Basic arithmetic

Vein puncture techniques

Safety in clinic settings

Education

Medical Assistant Certificate

Job description

InnovaCare Management Services Company, LLC

Under medical supervision, assists physicians in the delivery of health care services; and performs related duties as required. Provide excellent care to our patients.

Responsibilities:

• Identifies patient's chief complaint and records pertinent information in patient's permanent medical record.
• Communicates to physician abnormal findings.
• Assists patients to complete medical history forms and prepares patients for examination and treatment by physician.
• Documents all phone calls with patients.
• Performs vital signs, measurements as height and weight and records them in the EMH - structure data
• Conducts tests and procedures as directed, such as EKG's, non-stress tests, spirometer, venipuncture, skin punctures, strep screen, glucometer, and urine tests.
• Assists health service providers with treatments and examinations of patients such as injections, wound care, pelvic exams, minor surgery, and IUD insertions; assists in the identification of psychosocial needs and consults with the health service provider.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment and stocks patient rooms and labs with appropriate supplies.
• Maintains medical supply inventory.
• Transcribes doctors' orders and prepares appropriate requisitions, forms as needed Performs calls to pharmacy.
• Daily follow up of pharmacy messages. Notifies patient of any change ordered by the physician.
• Ensures Physician signs charts, labs, prescriptions, diagnostics daily.
• Maintains patient flow after check in.
• Discuss patient flow with physician according to urgency and daily patient load.
• Performs triage on patient. Ability to assist more than one physician at a time.
• Complies with office policy and procedure, OSHA Standards and HIPAA Privacy Regulations as stated in HIPAA Policy and Procedure Manual.

Skills and Specifications

• Medical Assistant Certificate issued by an accredited institution approved by the State of Florida, or one year experience working in a health care setting that included direct patient contract or a combination of training, education, and experience that is equivalent to one of the employment standards listed above and provides the required knowledge and abilities.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred but not required
• Basic medical terminology,
• Basic arithmetic,
• Satisfactory vein puncture techniques
• Safe work practices in a clinic setting.

Innovacare participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.