MedicalAssistant

Your job is more than a job. **Medical Assistant or Certified Medical Assistant** **Full-time** **Primary Care Clinic** **New Orleans, LA (New Orleans East Hospital)** As a Medical Assistant, you’re on the front line of care. You’ve developed that sixth sense of anticipating and answering the needs of your patients. You provide clinical and non-clinical assistance to physicians, providers and licensed staff in the management of patient flow and the environment of care such as answering phone messages, scheduling authorization of procedures, surgeries, deliveries and stepping in as needed to cover other duties that fall within the scope of non-licensed staff. Your personal prescription for patient care includes a healthy dose of kindness, respect, and empathy with everything you do. You emit positive energy in everything you do. No one else can do what you do, the way you do it, and you can consider that your personal power. We love the way you think. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this medical assistant role. **" Your Everyday"** **_GENERAL DUTIES_** ** _Clinical_** _:_ * Measures and records appropriate vital signs * Identifies abnormal vital sign values and reports findings to the appropriate nursing staff or medical provider * Assists with patient arrival to the clinic, including intake and preparation * Schedules new and follow-up patient appointments * Facilitates a smooth and efficient patient exit from the clinic * Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in accordance with organizational policies and procedures * Provides for patient comfort, taking into consideration age-specific and special needs * Demonstrates working knowledge of clinic equipment, including: * _Preparing equipment for use_ * _Testing equipment for safety prior to patient use_ * _Cleaning and disinfecting equipment between patients