Medical Assistant – Patient Care & Admin | Health Benefits

Wayne State University; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

HSA

FSA

Disability

Holidays & PTO

EAP

Job summary

Asthma & Allergy Specialists, an affiliate of SENTA Partners, seeks a Medical Assistant to support physicians in a busy Charlotte area practice.

The role involves administrative and clinical duties including taking vitals, preparing patients, updating EMR, scheduling, and coordinating care across the team. Candidates should be patient-centered and detail-oriented, with a commitment to quality care.

Responsibilities

• Interacts professionally with patients.
• Accompanies and settles patients in the exam room in advance of the physician’s visit.
• Takes vitals such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight, and height and enters them into the EMR.
• Obtains current medication list from new and return patients and verify allergies during every request for medication and every office visit. Perform medication reconciliation.
• Acquires patient history and the chief complaint and document in complete sentences with the proper grammar why the patient is being seen for a visit.
• Performs necessary office tests, such as Allergy Skin Tests as requested by the physician and document results in the patient’s record.
• Cleans and prepares rooms in a timely manner for the next patient.
• Retrieves, directs and responds accordingly to the messages from the nursing line.
• Calls-in prescriptions as directed by the physicians.
• Ensures compliance with applicable government laws, rules, regulations, AAOA and Company policies and procedures.
• Maintains safe environment for patient, co-workers and self, per policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Asthma & Allergy Specialists, an affiliate of SENTA Partners, seeks a Medical Assistant to support physicians in a busy Charlotte area practice.

The role involves administrative and clinical duties including taking vitals, preparing patients, updating EMR, scheduling, and coordinating care across the team. Candidates should be patient-centered and detail-oriented, with a commitment to quality care.