Medical Assistant
- Hauppauge, NY
- $20.48-30.67 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supervises the (self) administration of medication to patients.
- Transcribes medication orders and monitors medication records for compliance.
- Perform accurate and complete audits of medication transported, received, administered, stored, or disposed, as trained, and assigned.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and conduct in accordance with Phoenix House medication policies and procedures.
- Enter data into computer EMR software.
- Answering telephones
- Update and file patient medical records
- Scheduled appointments
- Arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services
- Correspond with external agencies, pertaining to client(s) as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Ethical Practices
- Judgment
- Relationship Management
- Time Management
- Empathy
- Professional Boundaries
- Global and Cultural Awareness
- Critical Evaluation
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Crisis Management
- Technical Capacity
- High School Diploma/GED
- Graduate from an accredited Medical Assistant Program
- 2 years of experience in a healthcare setting
- This job operates in an indoor office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.
- Regularly required to sit, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch and lift and/or move up to 20 pounds