Float Medical Assistant

Located in:
Manasquan, New Jersey 08736

Performs a variety of clinical services (clinical intake, blood pressure) and a variety of front desk activities (answering phones/scheduling appointments) that support the office as directed by the Practice Manager.
Hours may vary depending on the assignment.
Mostly 7:45am- 4pm Monday
- Friday.
* Position Summary
* The Medical Assistant is a key role in our practice. They create a strong first impression for our patients and ensure they feel cared for by our practice. They prepare a patient for the doctor's evaluation and assists clinical providers with patient examinations by obtaining and documenting vital signs, past medical and social history and updating electronic medical records (EMR).

* Duties and Responsibilities
* * Assist professional nursing staff by providing direct patient care. Prepares charts, takes temperature, pulse, performs screenings, blood pressure and respiration and other duties as assigned.

* Assist physicians by maintaining practice workflow, organizing exam rooms, maintaining, and ordering supplies, screening patient requests and other duties as assigned such as POC testing as directed by Provider.

* Follows instructions closely and reports observations and symptoms indicative of the patient's reactions to treatments and patient complaints.

* Responsible for workflow in practice to ensure timely appointments and decreased wait-times to see Provider.

* Assist in scheduling accurate initial evaluations, follow up appointments and cancellations.

* Initiates all appointment reminder calls in a professional and courteous manner, projecting appropriate language and tone of voice.

* Demonstrates effective oral, listening, and written communication skills that facilitate positive customer relationships and staff interaction in the delivery of care.

* Prioritizes duties and responsibilities and completes them accurately and in a timely fashion.

* Maintains confidentiality and demonstrates responsible judgment by updating knowledge, referring problems through appropriate channels, and observing the policies and procedures.

* Obtain and enter patient history, chief complaint, and update the medication list into the electronic medical record.

* Maintains compliance with legal requirements, HIPAA, OSHA, and company policies.

* Assisting with other office duties including answering phones, faxing, filing, etc.

* Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, verifying receipt, sorting, and storing.

* Restocking exam/procedure rooms.

* Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations.

* Help answer phones, filing, greeting patients and any other administrative task. Maintains infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies.

* Perform other duties/tasks as requested by providers, coordinators, and management in accordance with office procedures/policies.

* Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

* Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

* and/or

* Assist with/complete all Front Desk operations and the use of the Practice Management system to ensure efficient patient registration and check out processes.

* Greeting patients and verifying/inputting demographic information into Practice management system.

* Collecting and inputting all valid licenses and insurance information.

* Collecting and posting all co-payments and payments made at time of service.

* Maintaining/organizing patient documents/files

* Answering phones, scheduling appointments, taking messages

* Reconciling co-pays and time of service payments collected daily

* Filing/labeling/sending outbound and inbound faxes

* Maintain confidentiality and use discretion when handling patient's medical records and information.

* May perform charge entry process.

* Completing referrals for a specialist

* Prior authorization requests from patients and/or providers

* Filing any/all paperwork

* Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience
* · High School Diploma/GED with 2…