Medical Assistant

About the Role

Cedar Point Health is seeking an Urgent Care Medical Assistant to assist providers in healthcare delivery and patient care management at its Clifton, Colorado location.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct pre-visit planning by reviewing and updating patient electronic medical records prior to appointments.
• Confer with providers regarding incomplete tests, consults, or other orders.
• Prepare patients for examinations and treatments by escorting them to exam rooms and taking vital signs, heights, and weights.
• Prepare, clean, and maintain stocked exam rooms.
• Administer injections, perform blood draws, and conduct special tests and procedures as directed by a provider.
• Administer medication upon physician order and respond to medication requests via fax, phone, and e-script per practice protocol.
• Triage patients, schedule specialty tests not available in the office, and respond to patient communications within practice policy.
• Assist providers with patient education and self-management.
• Maintain courteous relationships with outside caregivers, insurance carriers, labs, hospitals, and pharmacies.
• Perform other related work as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of examination, diagnostic, and treatment room procedures.
• Knowledge of medical equipment, instruments, safety hazards, and precautions.
• Knowledge of clinical quality assurance.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member with physicians and other staff.
• Ability to assist, interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines in a variety of common office procedures.
• Ability to maintain records and record test results.
• Ability to use good reasoning and judgment and react calmly in emergency situations.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 20 pounds.
• Willingness to cover at different locations when needed.
• Spanish Medical Translation Certification (CHI or CMI) is valued and considered for additional compensation.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must be experienced in a physician’s office or possess an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Mental and Physical Requirements

• Varied activities including standing, walking, reaching, bending, and lifting.
• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Ability to use a variety of office equipment.
• May require working under stressful conditions.
• Position requires the ability to work under pressure and with a diverse population.
• May involve exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinical environment.

Schedule

• 40 hours per week.
• Hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM.