at Beebe Healthcare in Georgetown, Delaware, United States
Job Description
Overview
Under the supervision and/or direction of the physician or nurse performs various duties assisting with the treatment and care of patients in accordance with established standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform Point of Care Testing and quality control. Performs EKGs as necessary. Ensures positive patient identification.
- Understands how to utilize the following systems: Current health information system, DI (Document Imaging), DHIN (Delaware Health Information Network), Gold, Provider Portal, Web sites for insurance verification/eligibility and other systems as needed.
- Follows protocols appropriate for the practice.
- Completes office support tasks accurately and within required time frames. Returns and retrieves messages timely and utilizes the EMR inboxes to sort messages.
- Routinely demonstrates proper technique in operating all office equipment. Maintains clean/stocked patient care area.
- Medical Assistant Skill Proficiency. Assists nurses/techs with patient preparation for examinations, treatments and/or procedures.
- Prioritizes. Demonstrates initiative. Readily seeks out duties and works with all staff to render assistance. Completes all duties in a positive and productive manner. Takes an active role in performance improvement.
- Conscious of biohazard safety as it relates to the job; manual delivery of specimens to lab, changing of gloves between patients. Handles specimens using proper techniques. correctly labels for transfer to lab.
- Routinely performs all duties using appropriate PPE and in accordance with OSHA standards.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
