Medical Assistant/Phlebotomist (in office)

315 Health; Conyers (GA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

FSA

Life insurance

Paid time off

Full-time

Hourly wage

Job summary

Family Practice of Conyers is seeking a phenomenal medical assistant to support physicians, nurses, and staff with administrative and clinical duties while delivering excellent patient service.

You will greet patients, manage vitals, assist in exam rooms, handle lab work, schedule, and maintain charts in Athena EMR, with a full-time schedule at $18+ per hour.

This position emphasizes accuracy, confidentiality, and teamwork in a busy practice serving the Conyers community.

Qualifications

• Customer service experience in healthcare preferred.
• Experience with Athena EMR system is required.
• Ability to follow safety and privacy regulations.

Responsibilities

• Greet and welcome patients and verify histories.
• Take and document vitals (weight, BP, pulse, temp).
• Assist in exam rooms and with physician/NP as needed.
• Prepare rooms, collect labs, and perform basic tests.
• Process referrals and health forms; maintain charts and confidentiality.

Skills

Customer service

Athena EMR

Tools

Athena EMR

Job description

Our partner in healthcare, Family Practice of Conyers, is looking for a phenomenal medical assistant.

As a Medical assistant, you will assist the physician, nurse practitioner, and other medical staff by performing administrative and clinical duties and providing great customer service to all our patients.

Clinical Duties:

• Greet and welcome patients
• Verify patients’ medical histories
• Maintain a patient load of 25-30 patients a day
• Explain treatment procedures to patients
• Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations; Assist physician and nurse practitioner in exam rooms
• Collect and prepare laboratory specimens
• Perform basic laboratory tests
• Perform and process laboratory blood draws
• Disinfect, clean treatment rooms following patient examinations; maintain safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; comply with legal regulations
• Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required; properly dispose of contaminated supplies
• Draw blood, remove sutures, change dressings
• Set-up EKG machines, administer injections and medications, and perform routine specimen collection and tests
• Electronically record patient medical history, vital statistics, and test results in patient medical files
• Process referrals and fill out health forms for patients
• Prepare patient charts that are scheduled for appointments
• Secure patient information and maintain patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; complete diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keep patient information confidential
• Ensure patients are signed up for Chronic Care Management (CCM) as well as any other program the practice is offering

Administrative Duties:

• Use computer applications
• Answer phone calls, emails, patients’ queries, and ensure quality customer service
• Assist patients with electronically signing in, uploading insurance data, identification cards, and verifying, updating patients' health data & information
• Assist in processing faxes in the fax serve in Athena Health and handling voicemails
• Schedule appointments
• Arrange for hospital admissions and laboratory services
• Scan and fax documents
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested

• Strong customer service skills
• Experience in Athena EMR system
• Maintain safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Keep equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and reporting repairs to Office Manager.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
• Serve and protect the practice by adhering to professional standards, facility policies and procedures, and federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhance the practice's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) Availability
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Full time (36-40 hour week)
• $18+/hour