Medical Assistant
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Job Location:
West Orange, NJ - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 22 - 28
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Position: Medical Assistant
Location: West Orange NJ
Schedule: Full-Time Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM
Compensation: $ 22 - $28 Per hour (Based on Experience)
Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical physical emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries spinal cord injuries neurological disorders orthopedic issues amputation and multiple traumas.
We support your career growth and personal well-being:
- Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX health vision and dental plan offerings
- Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan as well as life and disability protection
- Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing a friendly welcoming and confidential environment for patients. Additional duties include:
- Secures and/or assists in patient transfers necessary for physical examinations.
- Takes vital signs on patients blood pressure pulse respirations and temperature as requested by physicians and RN and enters information in the EMR system.
- Interviews patients to obtain current medications review of systems past medical history family history and documents information into the EMR for physician review.
- Assists the RN as necessary with patient clinic flow. Under direction of RN assists in management of patient care.
- Assists patients with discharge recommendations and follow thru (therapy and clinical order follow-up information and directions).
- Performs scanning of medical office documentation into EMR as necessary to complete patients medical records. Under MD and/or RN direction creates physician correspondence.
- Forwards messages to physician via the EMR systems and performs follow-up to messages received from physicians and department staff.
- Communicates information to RN and clerical staff regarding physician and patient information.
- Assists with clinical flow such as placing patients in exam rooms cleaning in exam rooms and setting up between patients.
- Assists in maintaining and stocking of clinical rooms.
- Assists in clinic for weighing of patients and/or patient and equipment as requested for patient care.
- Provides clerical support to department including answering phone calls taking messages and giving messages to appropriate person typing organization of medical records filing use of office equipment scheduling of x-ray requesting lab requisitions.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Medical office experience and/or experience working with physicians in direct patient care required
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification of Medical Assistant training preferred
- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
- Experience within a physical rehabilitation setting preferred
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Clinical Laboratory Experience
- Athenahealth
- Algebra
- eClinicalWorks
- Primary Care Experience
- Phlebotomy
- Medical office experience
- Vital Signs Experience
- Experience Administering Injections
- Medical Terminology
- Medication Administration
About Company
Select Medical is one of the largest providers of critical illness recovery hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers, and occupational health clinics in the United States. Guided by our mission to provide an exceptional patient care experience t ... View more
