Medical Assistant (MA)/Patient Care Coordinator

Company: Power Personnel
Location: Los Altos
Posted on: October 13, 2021

Job Description:

If you are a Patient Care Coordinator who is ready to advance your career and be part of a world-renowned healthcare organization,  take the first step and apply now!  Your best future is waiting to be discovered! 

Benefits

• Top pay
• Great working location
• Health insurance
• Refer-a-friend bonus
• Weekly payroll
• 24-hour accessibility
• Personalized service

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Medical Assistant Certificate/Diploma from an approved school /institution or equivalent documented training. 
• 1 - 5 years of directly related experience
• BLS - Basic Life Support

• CMA - Certified Or Registered Medical Assistant

• Patient Care
• Prepares the necessary information (i.e. lab and procedural results), equipment and supplies for exam.
• Assists physicians with procedure set-ups, patient procedures and examinations. 
• Performs patient care, including vital signs, weights, rooming, assisting with procedures, medication administration (vaccinations) and injections and other necessary tests.
• Administers medication following approved procedures and only after checking medication and dose with a licensed person.
• Processes requests for prescription refills according to established practice.
• As required, performs waived testing (urine dipstick, urine pregnancy test, blood glucose testing), perform EKGs, administer immunizations.
• Collects and sends specimens to appropriate labs for testing per protocol.
• Assists the physician with maintaining preventive health measures for a panel of patients.
• Promptly and accurately reports and refers patient’ s concerns and symptoms, reactions, changes (appropriate to age) to licensed clinic personnel.
• Scheduling
• Schedules and edits and maintains patient physician appointments for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.
• Schedule radiology appointments.
• Customer Service
• Maintains clean and orderly exam rooms, hallways and work areas.
• Effectively responds to inquiries from patients, their relatives and/or referring physicians on services and provides accurate information in a timely fashion.
• Provides information, referrals and customer service
• Clerical Duties
• Informs patient’ s authorization and collects payment for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system. 
• Collects patient demographic and insurance data and enters into systems as well as assigns medical record numbers
• Assures appropriate verifications and authorizations are complete before patient sees provider
• Assists with all messaging from the patient to the physician in a timely manner.

About Us

Power Personnel has been working with healthcare professionals like you since 1994. We are the experts in healthcare staffing in Northern California. That’ s why so many hospitals, clinics and healthcare facilities rely on us for filling critical positions. If you want competitive pay, excellent working conditions and a team that supports you, we can help!

Refer a friend  and get $125  bonus for every referral! *

*In order to get the bonus, the person referred must work at least 20 shifts.

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