Certified Medical Assistant - Vergence

In this role you will:

• Perform tasks associated with walk-in patients to include testing, immunizations and lead testing.
• Conduct patient assessments, monitoring and recording vital signs, obtaining specimens for diagnostic procedures, and performing tests/lab workups as ordered by physician.
• Assist physicians as needed, preparing examination rooms with appropriate equipment and supplies, providing lab results for examiners, instructing patients on treatment and medication procedures, and ensuring patients receive proper medication.
• Phone patients with lab test results and answer questions within their scope of their practice.
• Prepare and dispense medications and administers injections.
• Maintain inventory of medical supplies and forms, ordering and restocking accordingly.
• Administer immunizations as appropriate for age of patient and immunization history, updating records and entering them into computer.
• Contact patients, pharmacies, and other medical facilities as necessary, issuing codes to hospitals, obtaining approval from Medicaid and phoning in prescription information to pharmacists.
• Prepare educational materials for patients.
• Attend staff meetings and training seminars as required.

Requirements:

• Current Indiana certification as a medical assistant.
• Working knowledge of health and social services available to County residents, and ability to coordinate services and referrals as appropriate.
• Working knowledge of standard office practices, basic computer skills, and medical terminology, and the ability to apply such knowledge to a variety of interrelated processes, tasks, and operations.
• Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ability to prepare written reports as required.
• Ability to properly operate a variety of standard office equipment, including computer, telephone, calculator, fax machine, and copier.
• Ability to operate a variety of medical equipment, and a sterilizer.
• Properly sterilizes instruments through the use of the autoclave. Provides upkeep to the autoclave.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with co-workers, other departments, physicians, hospitals, labs, pharmacies, Medicaid, and the public, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities.
• Ability to provide public access to or maintain confidentiality of department information and records according to state requirements.
• Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
• Ability to compare or observe similarities and differences between data, people or things.
• Ability to compile, analyze and evaluate data, make determinations, and present findings in oral or written form.
• Logs statistical data for influenza-like illnesses, tuberculosis (TB), lead and STD.
• Ability to compute/perform arithmetic operations, such as calculating inventories and tabulating test results.
• Ability to understand, memorize, retain and follow oral or written instructions.
• Ability to file, post, mail materials, and maintain organized files.
• Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment.
• Ability to work rapidly for long periods, under time pressure, and on several tasks at the same time.
• Ability to apply knowledge of people and locations.
• Ability to plan and layout assigned work projects.
• Ability to competently serve the public with diplomacy and respect, including occasional encounters with irate/hostile persons. Manages difficult or emotional customer situations.
• Ability to occasionally work extended and/or evening hours, and occasionally travel out of town for seminars.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license and demonstrated safe driving record.