OBGYN Medical Assistant Manalapan / Marlboro office

We are a small medical office looking for a part- or full-time medical assistant to join the team. We are looking for a motivated, initiative team player who would like to be part of building and developing the office.

The medical assistant job will entail administrative responsibilities as well as patient and physician support tasks. The daily routine will include - the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician. Interview patients, measure vital signs (i.e., pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height), and record information on patients' charts. May be required to draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis. Prepare treatment rooms for the examination of patients. Inform patients of the costs of care being provided and guide them to appropriate resources for further information. Type routine correspondence and reports from dictation or handwritten copy. Answer telephones, screen callers, relay messages, and greet visitors.

Detailed description -

Welcome patients by greeting them in person or on the telephone

· Verify patient information by interviewing the patient, recording medical history, and confirming the purpose of the visit.

· Prepare patients for the health care visit by directing and/or accompanying them to the examining room

· Perform preliminary physical tests; take blood pressure, weight and temperature; report patient history summary

· Secure patient information and maintain patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; keeping patient information confidential

· Counsel patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery

· Educate patients by providing medication and diet information and instructions; answering questions

· Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations

· Keep supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, verifying receipt

· Keep equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance and calling for repairs

· Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications

· Enhance practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments

· Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping patient care information confidential

· Serve and protect the physician or healthcare provider practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards

· Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations

· Enhance health care practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.