Medical Assistant
Apply Job ID 30183 Date posted Apr. 04, 2024 Location Grain Valley, Missouri
QuadMed is seeking a passionate Medical Assistant to join our client based Health Center in Grain Valley, MO serving Kohl's employees and their families.
Schedule: 30 hours/week: Monday and Wednesday 7:00am - 3:00pm; Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm. Closed on Fridays; No weekends or holidays!
Key Responsibilities
- Measure and record vital signs (weight, height, blood pressure, etc.)
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation into the EMR; i.e. patient interview and history, vital signs, treatments, test results.
- Assists medical staff with patient examinations
- Uses CPR skills when necessary
- Maintains supplies, equipment, stocks, and sterilizes instruments
- Provides patients with instructions and other information regarding preparations for the service and necessary registration.
- Maintains confidentiality of all patient and organization information, and follows federal and state regulations and organization policies regarding protection of patient information.
- Participates in development activities and maintains affiliations with medical assistant associations, as applicable.
- Commitment to concepts of preventative health care programs and team based approach to health care delivery
- Front office duties including but not limited to reception, patient check-in/check-out, payment collection, and electronic scheduling.
- Performs other position-related duties as assigned
- Where permitted, and as directed:
- May perform routine screening tests
- Draws patient blood samples as directed and prepares samples for ordered laboratory analysis, and collection of other ordered lab specimens.
- Prepares and administers ordered injectable medications and immunizations
- Changes dressings, applies bandages, removes sutures and performs other first aid procedures
- Assists patients with the scheduling of internal/external referrals
Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year experience as a Medical Assistant required
- Experience working in a Primary Care setting required
- CPR or BLS certification within 60 days of hire
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral/written)
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program strongly preferred
Preferred Skills
- Phlebotomy and lab experience strongly preferred
- Referral coordination and patient outreach
- Experience working front office
- Medical Assistant certification through AAMA
- Bilingual a plus
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Our Benefits
The importance of caring for one another, runs deep. It is at the heart of our healthcare and wellness programs, our retirement plans, all of our benefits. It's how we build rich, balanced lives for ourselves and our families, at work and at home.
Our Culture
From the very beginning, Quad has been defined by the people who work here. Our values, our skills, our creativity – it has all grown from those very first days in business, passed from worker to worker, built on the relationships – the trust – between us. All the presses, computers and technology; all the buildings; all the resources; none of it matters without the people who make Quad work.
