PRN Certified Medical Assistant - Float

Tryonmed; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Certified Medical Assistant to join their dynamic float team. This role involves providing essential support in both clinical and administrative capacities, including assisting physicians with patient care, managing medical records, and ensuring a smooth patient flow. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in patient care, excellent clerical skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. If you're passionate about healthcare and ready to make a difference in patients' lives, this opportunity offers the chance to work across various locations while enhancing your skills in a supportive team setting.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Assisting program is essential.
• Minimum one year of experience in a medical facility as a medical assistant.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians with patient care and perform clerical tasks.
• Handle patient records, vital signs, and administer injections.
• Maintain infection control and manage patient flow.

Skills

Patient Care

Vital Signs Measurement

Clerical Skills

Medical Record Management

Infection Control

Customer Service

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Venipuncture

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Completion of Accredited Medical Assisting Program

Medical Assistant Certification

BLS Certification

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Job description

Certified Medical Assistant - PRN Float

General Job Summary: Position is responsible for performing duties in both the clinical and administrative areas including assisting physicians with patient care and handling clerical, environmental, and logistical tasks.

(Regulatory Notes: Medical assistants must adhere to the MA scope of practice. Medical Assistants must protect patients’ health information for confidentiality, authorized access for treatment and data security.)

(This is a PRN position that will support our float team as needed, likely 2 to 4 days between Monday and Friday. Some travel to different Charlotte offices is required. All locations are listed on our website, https://www.tryonmed.com/locations/)

Primary Job Responsibilities/Tasks may include, but not limited to:

Patient care responsibilities include:

• Escort patients to exam rooms/procedure room, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, collect patient history; perform screenings per provider guidelines, other physical examination preparations and document all information in patient’s chart.
• Assist patients as needed with walking transfers, dressing, collecting specimens.
• Perform nursing procedures under supervision of physician or physician assistant.
• Assist physician and physician assistant in exam rooms.
• Give instructions to patients/families as instructed by physician or physician assistant.
• Serves as the first point of response to patient care related telephone calls and messages. Takes telephone messages and provides feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls per Physician/ACP direction.
• Collect information and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants.
• Clinical pharmacology; drug administration through various routes except IV’s including injections.
• Assists with minor surgery including surgical tray set-up pre/post-surgical care, applying dressings, and suture removal.
• Administers injections.
• Instructs patients with assistive devices, body mechanics, and home care.
• Initiate laboratory procedures in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and quality control methods.
• Initiates electrocardiography testing including mounting.
• Schedules appointments and referrals. Follows-up to insure completion of physician orders.
• Medication refills.
• Lab reconciliation.
• Complete forms and prior authorizations for medications.
• Monitor and check assigned Athena boxes and other assigned boxes for coverage.
• Work at different Tryon office locations as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Clerical responsibilities include:

• Assembles patients’ health information including patient symptoms and medical history, exam results, X-ray reports, lab tests, diagnoses, and treatment plans.
• Ensures all related reports, labs and information is available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment.
• Obtains and sends patient medical records to support seamless care delivery.
• Ensure that records are sent within one work day of chart completion to all physicians involved in a patient’s care.
• Obtains lab/X-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, etc.
• Completes forms/requisitions as needed.
• Schedules physician and ancillary appointments.
• Updates charts to ensure that information is complete and filed appropriately.
• Alerts physician when chart is incomplete or has not been completed within established time standards.

Environmental/logistical responsibilities include:

• Checks schedules and organizes patient flow.
• Sets up instruments and equipment according to department protocols.
• Cleans exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control.
• Performs Medical/surgical asepsis, sterilization, instrument wrapping and autoclaving.
• Cleans sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program and keeps appropriate records.
• Keeps exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, orders, sorts, and stores supplies.
• Completes biohazard waste disposal and monitoring.
• Maintains all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.).

Requirements:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited Medical Assisting program (CAAHEP or ABHES).
• Medical Assistant certification preferred.
• Maintain American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification.
• Completion of Hepatitis B Vaccine and Flu Vaccine Form will be required. Candidate may decline vaccination through declination form or may provide record of vaccination from previous employer.
• Completion of TB test will be required.

Experience:

• Minimum one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a medical assistant and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office.
• Electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Vital signs, venipuncture, capillary, and injection.
• E.H.R. utilization.
• Serving customers in person and on the phone.

Physical Requirements:

• Work consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support weight of 35 pounds.
• Ability to concentrate on details.
• Use of computer for long periods of time.