Assistant Medical Job Description
Assistant Medical Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective assistant medical job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included assistant medical job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Assistant Medical Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Assistant Medical
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, MA, BLS, CMA, AAMA
Education for Assistant Medical
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the assistant medical job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Medical Assistant, Patient Care, Medical Assisting, Health Care, Video, Keyboard, Medical, Associates, Education, Medical Terminology
Skills for Assistant Medical
Desired skills for assistant medical include:
Desired experience for assistant medical includes:
Assistant Medical Examples
Assistant Medical Job Description
- Stock rooms
- Order radiology tests
- Provide front desk support
- Assist Physicians and Nurses
- Complete tasks as assigned and required
- Help Physician with clinical and clerical tasks
- Take vital numbers
- Record patient medical histories
- Maintaining clinic patient flow to and from exam/treatment area
- Preparing patients for exams and testing
- Assisting Physician with procedures
- Ensuring medical record availability and completeness
- Working extensively with EMR
- Maintaining clinic supplies and cleanliness of patient space
- Communicating with patients and staff, in person and on the phone
- Assist members of the healthcare team
Assistant Medical Job Description
- Preparing patients for X-Rays
- Recording patient history, chief complaint, pharmacy information, and prescription list
- Ordering radiology tests
- Work collaboratively with all team members in achieving shared goals
- Implement recommendations
- Evaluate changes and outcomes
- Recording patient history, chief complaint, pharmacy info, prescription list, into EMR for physical
- Assist in office procedures for Reproductive Medicine such as hysteroscopy, egg retrievals, and embryo transfers
- Patient education, wellness and prevention
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight and height and records information on patient's charts
- Prior experience in a private practice
- 1+ year of solid Medical Assistant experience
- Experience seating patients
- Comfortable taking vital signs
- Prior experience using EMRs
- Graduate of a medical assistant program or other relevant training program
Assistant Medical Job Description
- Collection of laboratory specimens and medical surveillance testing
- Greet patients and answer telephones using professional etiquette and superior customer service skills
- Update and file patient medical records in EMR
- Take accurate medical histories and record vital signs in EMR
- Instruct patients about medication and special diets
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation into the EMR
- Front office duties including but not limited to reception, patient check-in/check-out, payment collection, and electronic scheduling
- Works in conjunction with the Nurse Practitioner and Physician in the assessment of patients
- Provides primary functions of a Medical Assistant working in a Physician's office
- Maintains patient records and other information according to established office policies and procedures
- Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant is strongly
- Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant
- Gastroenterology (GI) experience, preferred
- Current Certification as a Medical Assistant, strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work as a valued team member
- Ability to work on a team and collaborate with a variety of individuals
Assistant Medical Job Description
- Recognizes barriers that may impact employee productivity
- Respects and works with others in a positive manner
- Seeks and accepts feedback from others
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to program, maintain and troubleshoot complex equipment such as autoclaves and vitals
- Willingly cross-trains to other departments and performs other duties as needed
- Performs lab tests including preparing specimen, testing, and recording results
- Point of care testing including urinalysis, rapid strep cultures & blood glucose monitoring
- Administration vaccinations as ordered by physicians
- Administering nebulizer treatments as ordered by physician
- Changes dressings, applies bandages and other first aid procedures
- 3+ years of experience in Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, ICU, or Primary Care/Urgent Care
- Current and active Medical Assistant certification
- 2+ years of experience in a clinical setting (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, or specialty clinic) or a recent Medical Assistant certificate with a completed externship
- Experience in a Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and/or Occupational Medicine outpatient setting
- Current national certification or licensure in clinical field
- Experience with CLIA waived laboratory testing
Assistant Medical Job Description
- Demonstrate positive customer service approaches when dealing with patients, families, or staff
- Prepare and set up exam room with appropriate equipment and supplies
- Clean and wrap surgical instruments for sterilization
- Safety and Quality Improvement
- Report incidents, problems, and concerns in a timely manner to leadership
- Develop and recommend changes in patient care to improve the quality of patient care services
- Review current medical assistant and other professional literature
- Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA
- Adhere to all UMHS policies and procedures and regulatory safety guidelines
- Maintain Mandatories
- 3+ years of clinical experience in Family Medicine/Urgent Care/Occupational Medicine
- High School diploma with Medical Assistant program in college or technical school
- Strong interpersonal skills with a minimum of one (1) year experience in medical or related field
- Graduation from a Medical Assistant program
- Knowledge of Touchworks/Allscripts
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or (RMA)