Medical Assistant
Lawrenceville Surgery Center is seeking a Medical Assistant, Part time to join our amazing staff.
Job Summary:
The Medical Assistant will help with front desk duties as well as assist in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician. Interview patients, measure vital signs (i.e., pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight and height) and record information on patients' charts. May be required to draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis. Prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients. Inform patients of costs for care being provided and guides them to appropriate resources for further information. This clinical professional will also manage doctor correspondence and reports from dictation or handwritten copy. They must also possess strong professional communication skills that will include answering telephones, screen callers, relay messages and greet visitors of the surgery center.
Responsibilities:
Welcome patients by greeting them in person or on the telephone
Verify patient information by interviewing patient, recording medical history, confirming purpose of visit
Prepare patients for the health care visit by directing and/or accompanying them to the examining room
Perform preliminary physical tests; take blood pressure, weight and temperature; report patient history summary
Secure patient information and maintain patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential
Counsel patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery
Educate patients by providing medication and diet information and instructions; answering questions
Schedule surgeries by making arrangements with the surgical center, verifying times with patients and preparing charts, pre-admission and consent forms
Maintain safe, secure and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations
Keep supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, verifying receipt
Keep equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance and calling for repairs
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications
Enhance practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
Complete records by recording patient examination, treatment and test results
Generate revenue by recording billing information of services rendered, completing insurance forms and responding to insurance and other third-party inquiries
Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping patient care information confidential
Serve and protect the physician or healthcare provider practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state and local requirements and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations
Education/Experience
What We Offer
As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of, our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.