Prime Primary Care is state-of-art fast growing primary care practice. We serve commercial, Medicare/Medicaid, private insurance and self-pay patients. Our services include primary care, weight management, health screening, sick visit, nutrition education, lab work, diagnostic, and other resources for our patients.

We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.

Our primary care practice is seeking for a Medical and Office Assistant to join our team . The ideal candidate will be highly organized and detail-oriented, with a background in medical office. This job opening has opportunity to advance rapidly in job description.

Responsibilities:

• Greet patients and provide them with necessary information.
• Ability to perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, filing medical records, and preparing patient charts.
• Knowledge in health care field, insurance and EMR systems, preferably knowledge in eCW EMR
• Take vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature.
• Insurance Verification and Prior Authorization.
• Assist physicians with patient examinations and treatments.
• Performs EKG, administers vaccines and medications via IM/SC/ID/Oral and assist in procedures/treatments as requested by physician and with supervision.
• Draw blood for send out
• Perform point of care (POC) laboratory tests and procedures
• Assist in minor minimal procedures.
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment.
• Maintains quality control (i.e. Glucometer, eyewash and refrigerator temperature) and cleaning logs as needed for the department.
• Complies with Infection Control and OSHA Regulations (biomedical wastes, handling and disposal) for the center as per regulations.
• Checks equipment and supplies prior to use for function, inspection and expiration date; reports malfunction of medical equipment and safety issues to supervisor.
• Takes pharmacy phone calls, reviews charts, and calls in prescription refills.
• Monitors pharmacy samples, removing from stock as expired.
• Maintain medications and supply log
• Receives and returns phone calls from patients and other external sources. Receives and returns portal messages in the EMR
• Understanding of HIPAA requirements.
• May also be responsible for insurance pre-certification, prior authorization, procedure/surgery scheduling and coordinating transfers and admissions.

Preferred Education and Experience

Graduation from an accredited program for Medical Assistants.

One (1) year of Medical Assistant

BLS certification

Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred

Phlebotomy certification

Experience in electronic medical records systems (eCW preferred), Excel and Word

Relevant or any other job-related vocational coursework

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of the company. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholders responsibility.