Medical Assistant Region B

Nuvance Health Med Practice PC; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 47 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Nuvance Health Med Practice PC is seeking a part-time Medical Assistant to provide clinical and clerical support across multiple practices. The role requires strong patient care, proper charting, careful specimen handling, and efficient patient flow within the clinic.

You will perform intake activities, assist with testing and documentation, and coordinate with clinicians to ensure timely visits. Travel between sites is required, and BLS is expected within 30 days of hire.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED with MA experience, or MA program graduate, or Nursing Assistant training or EMT certification, or 3 years healthcare office experience.
• Basic medical knowledge and terminology; data entry required; skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs.
• BLS Certification is required within 30 days; ability to travel between practices as needed.

Responsabilités

• Greets and escorts patient back from waiting room to clinical area; verify patient identity and perform intake activities.
• Transcribes and updates patient information in the chart; record demographics, medical history and medication history as reported.
• Perform clerical tasks related to patient care; prepare charts and assist with paperwork and scanning.
• Performs EMR Orders Reconciliation as assigned.
• Ensure examination area is clean and stocked; conduct environmental rounds weekly/monthly as assigned.
• Prepare patients for scheduled visits and provide necessary supplies and educational materials to the provider.
• Conduct in-office testing and coordinate testing with outside services as applicable.
• Collect, prepare and process specimens; ensure results are logged and reconciled.
• Contact patients to provide follow-up and relay test results or clinician instructions.
• Maintain inventory and upkeep of equipment and supplies; log activities.
• Communicate and document electronic messages effectively.
• Assist in training new staff.
• Demonstrate and maintain competencies for in-office clinical procedures.
• Fulfill all compliance responsibilities and uphold organizational values.
• Maintain dependable attendance.
• Perform other duties as required.

Connaissances

Medical Assistant experience

EMT certification

Healthcare experience

Formation

High School diploma/GED

Medical Assistant program

Nursing Assistant training

EMT certification

Description du poste

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Part Time - Variable Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

24 hours per week

Medical Assistant - Float Pool - Region B - Lagrangeville, Wappinger Falls, Hopewell, Fishkill, Carmel, Putnam Valley, Mahopac (NY). Qualified candidates will have 1 year of MA experience OR MA or EMT certification OR 3 full years of healthcare experience including vitals, blood, rooming and patient care. Spanish Bilingual is preferred but not required.

Summary

Provides clinical and clerical support to assure smooth daily department operations in assigned medical practice or practices. Assures that the patient and examination area is properly prepared.

Responsibilities

• 1. Greets and escorts patient back from waiting room to clinical area. Ensure proper patient identification in accordance with standard operating procedure. Performs all necessary clinical intake activities and documents appropriate information as assigned.
• 2. Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record. Transcribes demographic, medication history, social and medical history as reported by the patient.
• 3. Provides clerical and secretarial work associated with patient care. Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers. Assist in the completion of paperwork such as disability paperwork and scanning of other pertinent patient information as appropriate.
• 4. Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation process as assigned.
• 5. Assures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked. Performs environmental rounds on a weekly/monthly basis as assigned.
• 6. Assures the patient is properly prepared for the scheduled visit to maintain timely patient flow. This includes assisting patients into gowns, having clinical paperwork, any needed supplies, and educational materials immediately available for the provider use.
• 7. Conducts in-office testing as directed by the clinician. Coordinates testing and outside ancillary services as applicable. Reviews instructions for upcoming procedures and tests as applicable.
• 8. Collects, prepares, and processes specimens as directed by the clinician. Completes process by assuring specimen results are logged in the accession book and are reconciled in the patients record.
• 9. Contacts the patient to provide requested follow-up, advises them of test results or relays clinicians instructions.
• 10. Maintains inventory and ensures proper upkeep, cleaning and testing of medical equipment and supplies. Fills out appropriate logs.
• 11. Ability to communicate and document electronic messages effectively.
• 12. Assist in the training of new staff.
• 13. Demonstrates and maintains practice-based competencies for in-office clinical procedures if applicable.
• 14. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• 15. Maintains and Model the Organization�s values.
• 16. Demonstrates regular, dependable, and predictable attendance.
• 17. Performs other duties as required in accordance with their scope of practice.

Education Skills Experience

Required: High School diploma/GED with 1-year Medical Assistant experience, or new graduate of Medical Assistant program, or Nursing Assistant training program, or EMT certification, or 3 years job related experience in a medical office.

Other Information

Basic medical knowledge and terminology. Data entry required. Skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs. Minimum Experience: one year. BLS Certification is required within 30 days. Ability to travel between practices as needed.

Working Conditions

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions

Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice PC

Org Unit: 1193

Department: Nursing Floats

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $18.13 - $34.50 Hourly