Medical Assistant (Part-Time)

Metro-Infectious-Disease-Consultants; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Metro Infusion Center (affiliated with Metro Infectious Disease Consultants) in Bloomington, IL seeks a part-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to support back-office and occasional front-desk duties. Schedule: 3 days per week, 24 hours total, with flexible days.

Responsibilities include vitals documentation, room stocking, billing processing, scheduling, and patient registration. Requires at least 1 year of clinical experience, high school diploma, and proof of required

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting.
• Comfortable with back-office responsibilities and front-desk tasks.
• Vaccination proof required for immunocompromised patient exposure.

Responsibilities

• Escort patients from reception to exam room and document vitals and chief complaint.
• Stock exam rooms, maintain supplies, and keep rooms clean between patients.
• Process scheduling, referrals, medical records, and billing tasks.
• Register patients, update demographics, collect co-pays, and handle dictation.

Skills

Clinical experience

Back-office tasks

Office multitasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Metro Infusion Center (affiliated with Metro Infectious Disease Consultants) is seeking apart-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant)to work at the clinic located in Bloomington, IL.

This Assistant’s responsibilities include all duties related to the back-office with occasional front desk duties. Responsibilities assigned to individuals can and will change at any time at the discretion of management or the supervisor.

Schedule: 3 Days/week (24 hours/week; flexible days)

Back Office Responsibilities

• 1) Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen
• 2) Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients
• 3) Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted
• 4) Other tasks as assigned by management

Front Office Responsibilities

• 1) Filing of all scanned paperwork daily
• 2) Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day.
• 3) Prepare travel chart weekly
• 4) Open and distribute mail, daily
• 5) Print schedule for following clinic day. Verity that all progress notes and super-bills are attached
• 6) Order office supplies
• 7) Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations
• 8) Page on consultations to physicians. Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension
• 9) Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines. If patient is new, directions should be given
• 10) Handle and process billing information daily
• 11) Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily
• 12) Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information
• 13) Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk
• 14) Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients
• 15) Process medical records requests
• 16) Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen
• 17) Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab. Document same in Medical Record
• 18) Ensure superbills are completed at visit end, including, visit code, diagnoses and all labs ordered

• Must have at least (1) one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting
• Must be comfortable with back office responsibilities
• High school Education or equivalent
• Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19.

Requests for accommodations/exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws.

• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Salary

• $30,000-$33,000/year ($19/hour + monthly bonus)