Reference: #683357
Medical Assistant|Hourly Carrollwood, FL
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Posted : October 15, 2020
Job Type : Contract
Category : Healthcare
Description
Our client is currently seeking a Medical Assistant|Hourly in the Tampa, FL area
Shifts: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
Dress code: Solid Scrubs, Matching Tops & Bottoms
This job will have the following responsibilities:
• Performs all duties within the scope of a Medical Assistant's practice. Operates diagnostic equipment (cannot interpret tests), remove staples from superficial wounds, changes wound dressing and obtains cultures, administers non-intravenous medication, performs simple specimen collection via noninvasive techniques and collects blood specimens via venipuncture or via capillary, performs EKGs. Performs quality control checks on equipment. Prepares and sterilizes medical equipment using the autoclave.
• Rooms patients according to policy and procedures, prepares patient for examination
• Records patient care documentation in the medical record accurately and in a timely manner.
• Coordinates patient care as directed by physicians, company standards and policies.
• Respects patient confidentiality at all times and treats patients with courtesy and respect.
• Organizes exam and treatment rooms, stocks and cleans rooms and sterilizes instruments.
• Practices standard infection control precautions
• Telephone and in-person screening limited to intake and gathering of information without requiring the exercise of judgment based on clinical knowledge
• Supports and follows Standard Delegation of Orders (SDO)
• Performs all other related duties as assigned
Qualifications & Requirements:
• High school graduate or GED equivalent
• Current, nationally recognized Medical Assistant certification § Current BLS certification (through an approved American Heart Association Training Center or the Military Training Network) at time of hire or within 30 days of hire
• Basic computer literacy required, with intermediate Excel skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology required
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations required
• Good communication and customer service skills required
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