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Medical Assistant - FT - Days - Neurology Estofan PB - 21561DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - DaysSummary:Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.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: Taking vital signs, 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.High School graduate or G.E.D. certificate preferred.Completion of Medical Assistant program required.BLS certification required, or must be obtained within 30 days of hireMust be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.Organizational skills are necessaryGood written and verbal communication skills required.Ability to read, write and speak EnglishBilingual, English/Spanish, requiredAbility to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicianPhysician office experience is preferred.Two (2) years experience in a busy physician office, preferred.Ability to take vital signs to include, but not limited to: height, weight, blood pressure, temperature and pulseMust have computer experience and must be able to learn practice IS systemDemonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.Previous experience with an EMR system preferred.Must have excellent customer service and organizational skills.Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.Perform basic administrative medical assisting functions.Assist in obtaining patient history, chief complaint and vital signs as necessary.Schedule, coordinate and monitor appointmentsUnderstand and adhere to managed care policies and procedures.Keep rooms neat, clean and well stocked with suppliesSet up rooms as needed for in office proceduresAssist 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 appropriatelyEffectively communicates and works well with other staffHelp patients to navigate patient portals as needed.Adheres to assigned projects/tasksVolunteers for special assignments/projectsPerforms other assigned duties as assignedMay require occasional travelingOffice Manager 2. Director DHR Health Clinics 3. Chief Ambulatory OfficerProvide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.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.Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. - Yes - Kneeling - YesMust be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs. - Yes - Walking - YesLight/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs. - Yes - Standing/Squatting - YesStraight pulling - Yes - Sitting - YesPulling hand over hand - Yes - Pushing - YesRepeated bending - Yes - Stooping/Bending - YesReaching above shoulder - Yes - Climbing Stairs - YesSimple grasping - Yes - Climbing Ladders - NoDual simultaneous grasping - Yes - Depth Perceptions needed - YesAbility to see - Yes - Identify Colors - YesOperating office equipment - Yes - Twisting - YesOperating mechanical equipment - Yes - Crawling - NoAbility to read and write - Yes - Ability to Count - YesAbility to hear verbal communication without aid - Yes - Operating Personal Vehicle - YesAbility to comprehend written/verbal communication - Yes - Other: Ability to deal with stress - YesOSHA Category - IIIThe individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors
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edinburg, TX, 78539, US
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