Medical Practice Technician

OhioHealth; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

OhioHealth is a health system committed to helping people stay healthy and thrive. We are more than a health system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide.

We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. This role provides administrative and basic level clinical support to physician practices to ensure the delivery of quality healthcare services.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Training to gain clinical experience before placement in ambulatory care.
• Ability to perform basic rooming and vitals.

Responsibilities

• Rooming, medication refills, basic patient care tasks.
• Care Connect EMR documentation.
• Administrative duties to ensure information is current.
• Pend medical orders and medication refills.
• Record vitals and rooming.
• Perform EKG as necessary.
• Document telephone encounters.
• Communicate with health‑care team to ensure continuity and quality of care.
• Maintain and clean environment, equipment and report malfunctions.
• Order and stock supplies.
• Provide transport assistance to patients.
• Maintain office logs and rounding summaries.

Skills

Administrative duties

Basic clinical support

EMR documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Care Connect EMR

Job description

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities.

Job Description Summary:

Provides administrative and basic level clinical support to physician practices to ensure the delivery of quality healthcare services. This role does not function as a formal Medical Assistant but may be required to perform basic, non-invasive rooming and VS skills if needed.
Attends training to gain clinical experience before placement into ambulatory care site.

Responsibilities And Duties:

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Successful completion of clinical competencies established for the practice site enabling efficient and effective patient flow,ie. Rooming, medication refills, basic patient care skills.
• Successful completion of Care Connect EMR documentation skills
• Performs necessary administrative duties that assure all information is current and updated
• Conducts following tasks as appropriate
• Pend medical orders and medication refills
• Perform and record vitals and rooming
• Perform EKG as necessary
• Prescription refill orders
• Document telephone encounters
• o Communicates, collaborates, and anticipates the needs of the health care team in order to ensure continuity and quality of care and coordination of services.
• o Maintains and cleans environment, work area, equipment, and communicates any equipment malfunctions to appropriatedept/unit personnel.
• o Stocks and cleans exam room after use.
• o Communicates malfunctioning equipment/instruments to appropriate department/unit staff. Removes from service any malfunctioning equipment.
• o Ordersand puts away supplies.
• o Provides transport assistance to patients when needed (i.e. wheelchair, walker, etc.).
• o Maintaining office logs and rounding summaries.
• o Completes paperwork preparation for office.
• o Enters external data into EMR systemcorrectly.
• o Communicateswith patients andcustomersin arespectful and caring manner
• o Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
• o Promotes and advocates for patient quality, safety,and experience initiatives.Acts as a role model
• o Is compliant with scope of practice

As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time

Minimum Qualifications:

High School or GED

Additional Job Description:

Work Shift:

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Department

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Join us!
… if your passion is to work in a caring environment
… if you believe that learning is a life-long process
… if you strive for excellence and want to be among the best in the healthcare industry

Equal Employment Opportunity

OhioHealth is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. OhioHealth does not discriminate against associates or applicants because of race, color, genetic information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, disability, marital status, familial status, or other characteristics protected by law. Equal employment is extended to all person in all aspects of the associate-employer relationship including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, reduction in staff, termination, assignment of benefits, and any other term or condition of employment