Medical Assistant (Part-Time)

Metro Infusion Center; Peoria (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 in Peoria, IL is hiring a part-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to support back-office duties with occasional front desk tasks. Schedule is 3 days per week totaling 24 hours, with flexible days.

Responsibilities include escorting patients, documenting vitals, stocking rooms, managing inventory, and handling front desk tasks such as scheduling, billing, and records processing. Must have at least one year of clinical experience and provide vaccination proof.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 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 for immunocompromised patients (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, COVID-19).

Responsibilities

• Escort patients from reception to exam room and document vitals and chief complaint.
• Stock exam rooms with supplies and keep rooms clean between patients.
• Maintain inventory and complete requisitions to avoid shortages.
• Front desk duties: filing, scheduling, phone coverage, and billing processing.
• Register patients and collect co-pays and past due balances.
• Process referrals and manage medical records requests and dictation.

Skills

Clinical practice experience

Back office responsibilities

Education

High School Diploma

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 Peoria, 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)