Medical Assistant

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities :

Patient Care Coordinator is a Medical Assistant who handles all back-office preparation for patient care. Strictly follows all practice policies and procedures, including all HIPAA-related policies and procedures.

Essential Functions :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Clinic Duties :

• Performs selected patient care duties, which include but are not limited to the collection and management of patient clinical information, including chief complaint.
• Rooms patients after paperwork is complete. The PCC documents the chief complaint in the patient's chart and keeps the patient flow moving smoothly and efficiently.
• Prior to alerting the physician that the patient is ready to be seen :
• Double checks chart to make sure that the last dictation, etc., has been included. Read through last dictation discussion to see if an X-ray is needed, if lab results are available, or any other expectations of the physician.
• Check patient questionnaire for "diagnostic studies". Get all reports, even on films not in our office.
• Pull and hang the patient's films and paperclip copy of X-ray report on film jacket.
• Prepares exam rooms with necessary equipment and supplies.
• Orders and maintains clinical and office supplies as required.
• Advise patients of test results.
• Processes labs that have been collected in the office.
• Give injections as ordered by physicians.