What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association?
Medical Assistant- Job Description
The Medical Assistant plays a vital role in providing excellent patient care and ensures smooth clinical operations. This role works along-side physicians, physician assistants, and nurses. BMMSA is in need of several Medical Assistants to fill their various open roles.
Responsibilities:
- Records patient medical history, vital statistics, and information such as test results in medical records
- Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean
- Interviews patients to obtain medical information and measures their vital signs, weight, and height
- Shows patients to examination rooms and prepares them for the physician
- Prepares and administers medications as directed by a physician
- Assists in exam rooms by interviewing patients, measuring vital signs, and recording weight, blood pressure, and temperature.
- Documents patient information, and ensures it is complete prior to exam.
- Ensures exam rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Sterilizes, cleans, and performs checks on medical equipment.
- Performs office duties and administrative tasks as assigned.
- May assist with administrative duties including scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes.
- Shows patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
Experience, Qualifications, and Education:
- Must perform work under direct supervision
- Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter
- Typically requires a degree from a technical school or an applicable skilled trades program and 0 to 2 years of experience.
- Some incumbents may possess CMA certification through an accredited certified medical assistant program, but certification is not required.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Clerical skills.