Medical Assistant - East Memphis

Honeycomb ManagementGroup is a Managed Services Organization and manages primary care practices andspecialty care practices with multiple locations in Memphis, Tennessee andMississippi.

With a focus onproviding excellent service and high-quality care for adults of all ages,Honeycomb is looking for an ambitious candidate who enjoys being part of afast-paced environment, with great opportunities for growth.

The Medical Assistanthelps providers with the delivery of patient care, providing basic triage, andhelping to ensure safe care is provided. The Medical Assistant providesadministrative support as well as clinical support.

Duties andResponsibilities :

• Reviews and prepares medical records to ensure completeness prior to patient exam, obtaining missing documentation. Documents clinic visit, observations, and related activities. Files charts.
• Assists with initiation of patient history and physical assessment. Assist physicians with physical exams and simple in-house procedures.
• Checks patient vital signs and takes body measurements, documenting results in patient chart.
• Prepares and maintains exam and treatment rooms, cleaning after patient discharges to ensure a clean and sanitized environment.
• Maintains supplies inventory and ensures patient care equipment is clean and properly functioning, reporting defective equipment and supplies to supervisor.
• Collects specimens and prepares them for outside lab and performs urinalysis on urine specimens. Prepares lab results for physicians to sign.
• Administers breathing treatments, injections, performs EKGs, etc.
• Answers phone calls, relaying patient requests and questions to appropriate individuals. Explains provider instructions to patient, as appropriate. Provides teaching to patients and families within scope of knowledge base.
• Assists with scheduling / referral of patients for specific treatments.
• Responds to medical emergencies and administers first aid as appropriate.
• Provide Medical Assistant clinical support for other site locations as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

MinimumQualifications :

Physical Requirements :

The physicalactivities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing,walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion. Musthave good balance and coordination. The physical requirements of this positionare medium work - exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and / or up to 25lbs. of force frequently. The MA is required to have close visual acuityincluding color, depth perception, and field of vision to perform an activity,such as assessing patients, and analyzing data and figures; transcribing;viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading. Frequent invasive andnon-invasive patient contact. Exposure to patient body fluids as well asexposure to hazardous or poisonous materials.

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