Medical Assistant

Prime Occupational Medicine; Portland (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

PRIME Occupational Medicine seeks a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) with 2+ years of MA experience to support on-site events and PRIME Clinics. You will verify patient histories, collect samples, perform basic tests, and prepare patients for exams while maintaining confidentiality and high standards of care.

Responsibilities include inventory management, instrument sterilization, and assisting physicians to streamline clinic workflows. On-call duties and possible overtime may apply.

Qualifications

• Must pass a DISA Drug Screen and Background check.
• Must be able to stand or sit for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Professionalism and confidentiality are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide information, services, and assistance to clients at PRIME on-site events and clinics.
• Maintain medical supplies inventory and sterilize instruments.
• Verify patient information and histories; prepare patients for examination and perform preliminary tests.
• Saves doctors' time by assisting with office procedures and take on-call duties.

Skills

Professionalism

Confidentiality

Punctuality

Teamwork

Working independently

Communication

Stress Management

Education

CCMA

High school diploma

2+ years medical assistant experience

Job description

PRIME Occupational Medicine's Mission:

PRIME's mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker's health and safety.

Objectives of this role: Manage and care for clients; recognize and attend to their needs. Recognize ethical and legal responsibilities. Perform a variety of clinical procedures and a variety of administrative duties.

Responsibilities:

• Provide information, services, and assistance to clients and patients at PRIME on-site events and various PRIME Clinics.
• Maintains medical supplies inventory and performs preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating, including sterilization of medical instruments..
• Verifies patient information, medical histories by interviewing patients, documenting medical history, and confirming purpose of visit.
• Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; drug & alcohol screening, audiograms, EKG's, pulmonary function test, respirator fit test; and reporting patient history summary.
• Saves doctors' time by helping with office procedures.
• Assist in injury care
• Perform phlebotomy service and give injections.
• Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; and keeping patient information confidential.
• Updating and filing medical records according to State and Federal laws.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
• Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; and federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Take and record messages
• Must have the ability to take on-call on a rotating basis and provide services to surrounding PRIME locations and on-site.
• May be required to work overtime, weekends, and holidays
• Must have dependable transportation
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Skills:

• Professionalism
• Confidentiality
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
• Excellence communication skills
• Maintaining client and staff confidentiality
• Must be able to pass a DISA Drug Screen and Background check
• Must have reliable transportation
• Reliability
• Patients and compassion
• Punctuality
• Stress Management
• Teamwork
• Working independently
• Working quickly and accurately

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Must be a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) or equivalent
• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of working experience as a Medical Assistant required

Physical Demands: Sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time, lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects up to 50 pounds. Repetitive motion. Extensive use of computers, copy machines, and keyboards. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Work is performed in a medical clinic setting and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to lift and carry parcels, packages, and other items, to walk short distances, climb stairs, and drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials.

Mental Requirements: Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with employees and visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota. Position Unit: Various PRIME locations - Non-Exempt: Hourly