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Full Time Medical Assistant
Utah Valley Pediatrics • Orem, UT 84057 • Posted 11 days ago via ZipRecruiter
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Utah Valley Pediatrics is seeking a full-time Medical Assistant for their Timpanogos Office. The role involves assisting doctors with tasks such as charting, administering injections, and taking vital signs, as well as preparing and administering medications, immunizations, and treatments. The position requires staying up-to-date on medical knowledge to educate patients, maintaining exam rooms, and performing general office duties such as scheduling appointments and answering phone calls.
Responsibilities
- Bring patients to exam rooms
- Assist doctors with tasks such as charting
- Administer injections and take vital signs
- Prepare and administer medications, immunizations, and other treatments as directed
- Educate patients on procedures, medications, and diet changes
- Keep exam rooms well-stocked and clean
- Sterilize instruments
- Answer phone calls and schedule appointments
- Authorize prescriptions and provide correct information to pharmacies
- Maintain confidentiality when communicating patient information
Qualifications
Required
- Graduated from an accredited MA program
- Knowledge about first-aid standards
- Knowledge about HIPAA, OSHA, and Red Flag rules as they apply to healthcare
- Knowledge about injuries, illnesses, and diseases, including symptoms, treatments, drug properties, and drug interactions as well as preventive healthcare measures
- Knowledge about immunizations and schedules for children and adolescents
- Proficiency with medical terminology
- Basic computer skills such as Microsoft Office and email
- Knowledge about clerical duties such as faxing, scanning, and managing records
- Ability to stay up-to-date on current procedures and policies
Preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish/English
Full Job Description
Job Description
Utah Valley Pediatrics is looking to hire a Full Time Medical Assistant in our Timpanogos Office!
WORK SCHEDULE FOR A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
This position will be a Full Time Position, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and typically 8:00 AM-5:00, depending on the needs of the office.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
In this healthcare position, you are crucial to the care that is administered to our patients. Your main responsibilities include bringing patients to exam rooms and helping doctors with tasks such as charting, giving injections, and taking vital signs. While offering exceptional service with every patient interaction, you prepare and administer medications, immunizations, and other treatments as directed. You are always up-to-date on relevant medical knowledge and are able to educate patients on any procedures, medications, or needed changes to their diets.
You also help with keeping exam rooms well-stocked and clean as well as sterilizing instruments. General office duties such as answering phone calls and scheduling appointments are tasks that come easy to you due to your impressive communication skills. You assist with authorizing prescriptions and providing the correct information to pharmacies. Maintaining the strictest confidentiality is crucial, and you are always careful when communicating patient information. You find great satisfaction in facilitating quality care for patients, and this is why you love working in healthcare!
QUALIFICATIONS FOR A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
- Graduated from an accredited MA program
- Bilingual in Spanish/English a plus!
- CPR certification
- Knowledge about first-aid standards
- Knowledge about HIPAA, OSHA, and Red Flag rules as they apply to healthcare
- Knowledge about injuries, illnesses, and diseases, including symptoms, treatments, drug properties, and drug interactions as well as preventive healthcare measures
- Knowledge about immunizations as well as schedules for children and adolescents
- Proficiency with medical terminology
- Basic computer skills such as Microsoft Office and email
- Knowledge about clerical duties such as faxing, scanning, and managing records
- Ability to stay up-to-date on current procedures and policies while applying that knowledge to your job
- Exceptional customer service skills
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