Medical Assistant

Support patient flow and visit completion protocols, including scheduling appointments and outside referrals, updating visit logs and telephone encounters, answering phones, and forwarding patient concerns and requests to appropriate staff and providers. Key Responsibilities Room patients; document medications, vital signs, and reasons for visits in the EMR; perform screening and measuring procedures including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.

Medical Assistant

Employment Type

• Temp to Hire

Location

• Suffolk County

Compensation

• $20.28 - $25.34 - depending on exp.

Position Overview Provides clinical and clerical support to physicians and other clinical staff in a fast-paced healthcare environment. Supports patient flow, examination preparation, documentation, laboratory procedures, and administrative activities while following HIPAA and OSHA guidelines.
Key Responsibilities

• Room patients; document medications, vital signs, and reasons for visits in the EMR; perform screening and measuring procedures including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
• Prepare patients, equipment, and examination rooms; collect laboratory specimens, perform routine laboratory tests, clean and sterilize instruments, and maintain medical supplies.
• Enter proposed orders into the EMR for licensed independent provider review and approval; obtain outside test results; explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, and physician instructions to patients.
• Support patient flow and visit completion protocols, including scheduling appointments and outside referrals, updating visit logs and telephone encounters, answering phones, and forwarding patient concerns and requests to appropriate staff and providers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED.
• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program.
• Computer and/or EMR experience.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a high-stress environment; excellent communication and analytical skills, attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines and multitask, self-direction, self-motivation, and professional phone etiquette.