Sterling Area Health Center
Medical Assistant (Front Office & Clinical)
Qualifications: Certified / Registered Medical Assistant. Noncertified will be considered but must obtain certification upon employment. Two years’ experience & BLS certified preferred.
Supervision: RN Team Lead
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
General office duties including answering phones, receiving patients, verifying insurance, and entering data into the computerized patient information system. Clinical duties include direct patient care given within the outpatient medical office.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Completes all documentation including chart prep, forms, logs, etc. in a timely and complete manner.
· Obtains prior authorization for treatment in a timely manner.
· Documents patient education and instruction using the EHR system.
· Collects charges from patients and provides necessary medical information to facilitate billing.
· Schedules appointments, records and reports cancellations and no shows, and confirms appointments.
· Performs callbacks, maintaining follow up, and referral system.
· Ensures that treatment rooms are stocked, maintain supplies and autoclaving as necessary.
· Checks patients in and prepares patients for care delivered by the medical provider.
· Obtains patient history, take vital signs, EKGs, PFT’s, immunizations, assists with medical examinations, and performs laboratory work.
Skills and Abilities:
· Must have the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
· Demonstrates ability to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment.
· Must be computer proficient.
· Communicates in writing and orally, in person and through electronic means with proficiency.
· Demonstrates customer focused interpersonal skills to interact in an effective manner with patients, practitioners, and families with diverse options, values, and religious and cultural ideals.
· Demonstrates time management, listening skills, problem solving, priority setting, and work organization.
· Demonstrates critical thinking while managing clinical issues and utilizing assessment skills protocols. Excellent assessment and triage skills.
· Demonstrates ability to work autonomously and be directly accountable for practice.
Job Type:
· Full-time
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 403b
- Paid time off
Salary:
· $16.04 - $18.55 starting
Schedule:
Work Location:
· Multiple Locations
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.04 - $18.55 per hour
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work setting:
Ability to Relocate:
- Sterling, MI: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person