Medical Assistant- Job Description

The Medical Assistant plays a vital role in providing excellent patient care and ensures smooth clinical operations. This role works along-side physicians, physician assistants, and nurses.

Responsibilities:

• Records patient medical history, vital statistics, and information such as test results in medical records
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean
• Interviews patients to obtain medical information and measures their vital signs, weight, and height
• Shows patients to examination rooms and prepares them for the physician
• Prepares and administers medications as directed by a physician
• Assists in exam rooms by interviewing patients, measuring vital signs, and recording weight, blood pressure, and temperature.
• Documents patient information, and ensures it is complete prior to exam.
• Ensures exam rooms are clean and well stocked.
• Sterilizes, cleans, and performs checks on medical equipment.
• Performs office duties and administrative tasks as assigned.
• May assist with administrative duties including scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes.
• Shows patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.

Experience, Qualifications, and Education:

• Must perform work under direct supervision
• Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter
• Typically requires a degree from a technical school or an applicable skilled trades program and 0 to 2 years of experience.
• Some incumbents may possess CMA certification through an accredited certified medical assistant program, but certification is not required.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Clerical skills.