Medical Assistant

DENALI HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS LLC; Wasilla (AK); On-site; USD 24,796 - 35,817; Full time

Job summary

DENALI HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS LLC in Wasilla, Alaska is seeking a Medical Assistant to join its team of dedicated healthcare professionals. The role involves direct patient support, appointment coordination, and assisting physicians and nurse practitioners.

Under supervision, you will take vital signs, prepare patients for examinations, perform point-of-care testing, handle medical records, and support a safe, efficient clinic environment.

Qualifications

• CPR certification (AHA or Red Cross/BCLS) required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; good computer skills.
• Strong customer service, social skills and cultural competence.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient services, including scheduling and guiding patients to examination rooms.
• Take and process specimens; prepare patients for exams; perform point-of-care testing.
• Support physicians and nurse practitioners; take vital signs and collect patient information (weight, height, allergies, meds).
• Communicate with patients/families with clear instructions for continuity of care.
• Handle medical records workflow, referrals, and form completion.
• Maintain orderly charts and assist with prescription refill requests as directed.

Skills

CPR certification

Excellent communication

Customer service

Cultural competence

Job description

Established and rapidly growing medical practice seeks medical assistant to join its team of dedicated healthcare professionals.

Work Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday through Thursday).

Job Qualifications

• American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR or BCLS certification
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; good computer skills
• Effective customer service skills; social skills; and age-specific and cultural competencies

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Physician or Nurse Practitioner,

• Provide direct services for patients, including handling patients’ schedules and organizing their flow; providing support to patients in walking, dressing, transferring, and movement to examination room.
• Take and process specimens; prepare patients for examination; and perform point of care testing. Provide support to physicians and nurse practitioners by performing various procedures. Take vital signs and obtain other relevant information, such as weight, height, drug allergies, current medications and recurring problems;
• Send instructions to patients and/or families from physician; take calls and provide important and relevant information for continuity of care.
• Perform clerical duties, including sending and receiving patient medical records; receiving hospital notes, x-ray/lab reports, and referral information. Make requisitions and complete forms as required.
• Responsible for managing patients’ charts to ensure that information is accurate, timely and complete.
• Responsible for writing orders using the electronic medical record system and processing prescription refill requests on behalf of the physician provided that ordering physician reviews and approves the prescription.
• Responsible for performing inventories, ordering, and stocking medical items as necessary.
• Responsible for maintaining logging system as needed for refrigeration of medications, point of care testing, sterilization process, crash cart, or others as needed.
• Responsible for ensuring that office environment is safe, healthy and secure at all times and for abiding by all federal and state regulations.

This position requires candidate to work collaboratively with the healthcare team to assess, coordinate and implement patient care; to communicate effectively with the on-site physicians, referring physicians, nurse practitioners, and administrative staff; and to ensure continuity of care for the patient so that the patient’s medical needs are met.