DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days
Summary:
POSITION SUMMARY :
Assist administrative and clinical team members by performing a variety of clerical and clinical duties to ensure departmental function within the practice as well as departmental compliance in accordance with State and Federal regulations.
Such duties include but are not limited to: Scribing, translation, wound care, post operative visits, assisting providers with patients, making appointments, taking calls from patients, pharmacies and other physician offices.
Participates in volunteer programs and special assignments, and performs other duties as assigned within scope of practice.
Responsibilities:
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES :
¨ Perform basic administrative medical assisting functions
¨ Assist in obtaining patient history, chief complaint and vital signs
¨ Schedule, coordinate and monitor appointments
¨ Understand and adhere to managed care policies and procedures
¨ Keep rooms neat, clean and well stocked with supplies
¨ Set up rooms as needed for in office procedures
¨ Assist physician with in office procedures as needed
¨ Monitor schedule in order to ensure that medical records needed from other physicians or hospital are obtained prior to patient coming into the office for scheduled visit
¨ Comply with quality assurance practices.
¨ Screen, collect and follow up on patient test results
¨ Collect and process specimens accurately and timely
¨ Perform diagnostic and laboratory tests and wound care as necessary
¨ Adhere to established patient screening procedures at all times
¨ Scribe for physicians as needed
¨ Assist with the preparation and administration of medications and immunizations
¨ Maintains accurate medication and immunization records
¨ Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies as needed
¨ Prepares and maintains all patient files in an orderly fashion
¨ File and or scan faxed information in charts after review by provider as necessary
¨ Ensure that positive results or stat results are provided to the practitioner in a timely manner
¨ Perform inventory of supplies and equipment as necessary
¨ Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies as needed
¨ Answer and direct all phone calls and messages appropriately
¨ Effectively communicates and works well with other team members
¨ Help patients to navigate patient portals as needed
¨ Adheres to assigned projects/tasks
¨ Volunteers for special assignments/projects
Performs other assigned duties as assigned
Other information:
AGE SPECIFIC:
Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit.
The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.
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