Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant)

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants; Overland Park (KS); Presencial; USD 47.000 - 51.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401(k)

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants in Overland Park, KS is seeking a full-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to support back-office tasks with occasional front desk duties. The role includes documenting vitals, preparing exam rooms, handling billing, and coordinating referrals while maintaining patient records and ensuring smooth clinic operations.

Candidates should have at least one year of clinical experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and be comfortable with

Formación

• Must have at least one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting.
• Vaccination requirements must be met as per policy and clinic guidelines.
• High school education or equivalent is required.

Responsabilidades

• Escort patients from reception to exam room, document vitals and chief complaint, and notify physician when ready.
• Stock exam rooms with supplies and maintain room cleanliness between patients.
• Handle front desk duties as needed and support scheduling, billing, and records.
• Register patients, update demographics, and collect co-payments when appropriate.
• Assist with billing, dictation, and processing of referrals and lab requests.

Conocimientos

Clinical experience

Educación

High School Diploma or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking afull-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant)to work at the clinic located in Overland Park, KS.

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.

Back Office Responsibilities:

• 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
• Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients
• Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted
• Other tasks as assigned by management

Front Office Responsibilities:

• Filing of all scanned paperwork daily
• Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day.
• Prepare travel chart weekly
• Open and distribute mail, daily
• Print schedule for following clinic day. Verity that all progress notes and super-bills are attached
• Order office supplies
• Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations
• Page on consultations to physicians. Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension
• Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines. If patient is new, directions should be given
• Handle and process billing information daily
• Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily
• Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information
• Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk
• Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients
• Process medical records requests
• 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
• Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab. Document same in Medical Record
• 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)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Salary

• $47,000-$51,000/year ($19/hour + monthly bonus)