Medical Assistant (Oncology)

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Serves patients by greeting and helping them, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records and accounts.

Comforts patients by anticipating patients’ anxieties, answering patients’ questions, and maintaining the reception area.

Obtaining and updating patient history and medication lists.

Recording patients' vital signs, documenting physicians' notes and changes in medical conditions

Taking tissue and fluid samples and sending them in for laboratory analysis

Prepping exam rooms for clinical procedures and assisting practitioners with patient care

Assisting physicians during routine checkups, outpatient procedures and other physical exams

Monitoring and documenting patient symptoms for physicians' review during clinical exams

Providing compassionate patient support and care, attention and assistance during office visits

Administering injections under the direction of supervising physicians

Blood draws and maintaining laboratory binders for CBC machine

Serves patients by greeting and helping them, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records and accounts.

Welcomes patients and visitors in person or on the telephone, and answering or referring inquiries.

Optimizes patients’ satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone.

Comforts patients by anticipating patients’ anxieties, answering patients’ questions, and maintaining the reception area.

Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records.

Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information.

Obtains revenue by recording and updating financial information, recording and collecting patient charges, controlling credit extended to patients, and filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims.

Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and scheduling equipment service and repairs.

Helps patients in distress by responding to emergencies.

Protects patients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality of medical, personal, and financial information.

Maintains operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Any other task asked of you by your supervisor or management.

Job Skills:

Patient focused

Professional

Attention to detail

Ability to create a productive work environment

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Advanced verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work in fast-paced environment

Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.

Effective communication

Qualifications:

High school diploma (required)

Medical Assistant Certification

Basic CPR certified

One year experience in a medical or research field

Working knowledge of all Microsoft office computer programs.

Working knowledge of EMR system

Working conditions:

In office position

Basic physical requirements:

Climbing

standing for long periods of time

Stooping

Sitting and typing for long periods of time

Lifting up to 30 lbs

Travel Requirements:

Travel as needed for training and vacation coverage purposes

All travel/mileage is reimbursed at 0.67/mile while on the clock

Compensation:

Non-exempt, hourly position

Hourly range of $18.00-$25.00 per hour based on experience and time with the company .

Between 32 and 40 hours per week. Monday through Thursday 8 am to 5 pm with a 1 hour lunch break. Occasional Fridays 8 am to 4 pm (or 12pm) based on coverage/training needs

Benefits:

Full medical coverage for the employee, can choose between Kaiser and Blue Shield Plans.

HSA available to those who chose Blue Shield.

Dependents and Spouses can be added at the employee's expense

Vision and Dental Plans offered to the employee at the employee expense

Vision plans are included in the Kaiser Medical Plan if you choose Kaiser as your medical insurance.

401k and profit sharing plans available after 1 year of hire

Colonial Life, Accident, Cancer plans offered

Scrub stipend in the spring and fall, $125

Monthly cell phone stipend of $15.00

PTO package-vacation and sick combined. Accrue 1.54 hrs per pay period from date of hire. Accrual rate increases at the 1, 5, and 10 year anniversary.