MedicalAssistant/PatientServiceSpecialist

**POSITION SUMMARY****:** Under the supervision of the Practice Manager, the Medical Assistant/ Patient Service Specialist will function as a member of the clinical and administrative team and complete assigned daily clinical and administrative operations to ensure smooth day-to-day operations in the physician practice. This includes medical/nursing support to provider staff in the ambulatory setting, prepping the patient and seeing them through the entirety of their visit; as well as some responsibilities of the Patient Service Specialist role. **Position: Medical Assistant** **Department: Patient Service Specialist** **Schedule: Full Time** **ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:** * Rooms patients and prepares the patient for the provider visit. * Takes vital signs as necessary. Responsible for accurate blood pressures, temperature, pulse, pulse oximetry, weight, height, respiratory rates and entering accurately into EMR. * Record patient history, chief complaint, pharmacy information, prescription list, etc. into EMR for physical. * Obtains required consents, completes required forms as needed for specific visit types. * Performs office testing as needed. Required to perform controls on certain in-office tests. * Performs EKGs as ordered. * Chaperones Providers as required. * Administers vaccines and medications as ordered by provider following BMC policies. * Stocks rooms and monitors expiration of supplies in exam rooms. * Assists with incoming calls as needed by answering, triaging, and routing telephone calls appropriately as needed. * Registers patients in EMR and verifies information including demographics and obtains accurate health insurance information. Conduct eligibility checks to ensure insurance is reflected accurately. * Schedules patients' appointments and appropriate testing for patients as directed. * Follows scheduling rules and direct schedules patient visits in other practices. * Performs pre-visit planning daily for all upcoming scheduled app