Medical Assistant - Float Pool - Admin Day Shift

Medical Assistant – Float Pool – Admin – FT – Day Shift

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St. Mary’s Physician Associates is a multi‑specialty group of employed physicians and midlevel providers that serve a ten‑county area in northwest Oklahoma. It is located in Enid, Oklahoma, which is the county seat for Garfield County. The group has satellite clinics in Hennessey, Fairview, Okeene, Woodward, and Ponca City. St. Mary’s Physician Associates is affiliated with St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, a 229‑bed facility.

The hospital has been recognized as an “A” rated facility by the Leapfrog Group, obtained The Joint Commission Advanced Primary Stroke Center certification, and was the first hospital in Oklahoma to obtain Advanced Total Joint Replacement certification. It has also received awards for the Top 100 Safe Care Hospitals in the US, Award of Excellence by Health Grades for its Total Joint Replacement Program, a Women’s Choice Award for America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics, Patient Safety and Emergency Care, and was named a Top Workplace in Oklahoma.

This position is responsible for performing a wide variety of patient‑care duties which include assisting in the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician. Responsibilities include interviewing patients, measuring vital signs (pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height), performing venipuncture and other procedures as directed by the physician within the scope of practice in the State.

Documentation is recorded in the Electronic Medical Record in accordance with SMPA guideline. The assistant prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients and assists in covering the front desk as required.

• A challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• 401(k) with company match

• 20% Team Responsibilities:
  • Participates in decision‑making and process improvement.
  • Communicates effectively within and beyond the assigned team.
  • Focuses on the problem or issue, not the person.
  • Assists with daily clerical operations, including answering multi‑phone lines and making copies of documents as necessary.
  • Accurately files patient charts, including scanning documents into files as necessary.
  • Schedules patient appointments, return visits, and specialists.
  • Supplies other duties as assigned.
• 80% Clinical Responsibilities:
  • Ensures that patient rooms, nursing station, and storage rooms are kept stocked, clean, and manage product expiration dates; ensures all equipment is kept clean according to infection prevention standards.
  • Distributes referrals as necessary to physicians and insurance companies; keeps proper documentation of referral requests/responses in patient charts.
  • Pre‑authorizes prescriptions and clinical tests (CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc.) as necessary.
  • Phone/faxes patient prescriptions as necessary.
  • Schedules diagnostic imaging studies, BMD, dietician appointments, cardiology and radiology testing for patients, and completes all appropriate paperwork.
  • Contacts patients with lab results and sends letters to patients as necessary.
  • Accurately performs clinical duties to include triaging patients, checking patient vitals, administering injections and venipunctures, and prepping patients for physician exam.
  • Accurately performs a variety of clinical testing, including EKG, PFT, PAP, CLIA‑waived lab tests, ear irrigations, oxygen saturations, vision/color charts, and urinalysis/hemocult tests according to physician orders; maintains QC logs per CLIA guidelines.
  • Labels patient specimens and completes lab slips accurately; separates lab slips monthly.
  • Thoroughly and accurately completes patient information forms prior to physician meetings; assists physician with chart as necessary.
  • Adheres to SMPA safety and quality guidelines.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Medical Assistant certificate – must be obtained within six months of employment.
• Medical…