Certified Medical Assistant
Olympic Internal Medicine
- Bremerton, WA
- $25.00-31.50 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Report to department lead or practice manager
- Perform ancillary procedures under supervision of physician or nurse practitioner
- Assist physician in exam rooms
- Escort patients to exam rooms, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart
- Give instructions to patients as instructed by physician
- Ensure all related reports, labs and information is filed and available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment
- Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required
- Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls as directed by the physician
- Triage and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants
- Process refill requests and prepare them for the physicians
- Maintain all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)
- All other duties as assigned by department lead or practice manager
- Healthcare field and medical specialty
- Medical terminology
- Grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Knowledge of electronic health records
- Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette
- Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow
- Ability to perform phlebotomy and administer injections
- High school diploma
- Completion of an accredited medical assistant program for medical assistants.
- Medical Assistant must have a Medical Assistant – Certified credential issued by the Washington State Dept. of Health
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