Medical Assistant

Company: Actalent
Location: Loveland
Posted on: May 22, 2023

Job Description:

Medical Assistant:
The Medical Assistant performs administrative and clinical duties under the direction of medical providers. The Medical Assistant duties include scheduling appointments, taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by medical provider.
Position Summary:

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  Provide proper triage for patients.
  
  
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  Assist medical providers with procedures.
  
  
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  Monitor, maintain, and provide appropriate follow-up flags and phone notes in EHR desktop.
  
  
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  Record patient medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records. Chart pertinent data in EHR.
  
  
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  Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean. Stock exam rooms to maintain par levels.
  
  
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  Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs, weight, and height.
  
  
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  Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
  
  
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  Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
  
  
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  Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log specimens, and prepare them for testing.
  
  
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  Authorize drug refills in adherence to scope of practice and refill protocol and provide prescription information to pharmacy.
  
  
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  Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physician's instructions to patients.
  
  
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  Clean and sterilize instruments and packs, dispose of contaminated supplies.
  
  
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  Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
  
  
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  Assist with scheduling appointments, follow-up care, referrals, and medication refills.
  
  
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  Return calls to patients in a timely manner and place outgoing calls as indicated by Providers.
  
  
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  Assist team to maintain proper clinic flow.
  
  
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  Team Based Care - Clinical Care Collaboration - Work in collaboration and continuous partnership with providers, clinical staff, and community resources in a team approach to promote access to appropriate care in the goal of enhancing patient health.
  
  
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  Pre-Visit Team Based Planning - Review daily schedule and chart by care team, ensure documented instructions are written on the schedule, typed into the EHR appointment note, or in the EHR as a flag or clinical list update.
  
  
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  Ensure patient visit is more efficient by identifying: 1. Records from transitions of care are available during the patient visit. 2. Results from labs or diagnostic are in the EHR. 3. Labs or other services that are not specified in the standing orders protocols.
  
  
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  Participate in collaborative measures. Follow and initiate policy for standing orders. Schedule appointments and enter appointment date and time into computer.
  
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
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    High School Diploma or general education degree (GED),
    
    
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    Certified Medical Assistant training.
    
    
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    3-4 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    
    
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    Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred
    
    
    About Actalent:
    Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We're supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.
    The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Keywords: Actalent, Loveland , Medical Assistant, Healthcare , Loveland, Colorado