Medical Assistant Details

Medical Assistant

Albany Gastroenterology Consultants - Albany, NY

Employment Type : Full-Time

• Works in true team fashion, requesting if others need help as well as asking for help when necessary.
• Monitors patient flow tracking for their assigned team for patients who have checked in and are ready to be roomed. Utilizes the Patient Flow Tracking system as it relates to Medical Assisting. Workup status(before you have the patient)-Inroom status(patient is in the room with you)-provider initials and room number(once finished with the patient).
• Greets patients in a professional and friendly manner at all times. Escorts them to the nursing station to obtain an accurate weight and height as well as assist the patient onto and off the scale if necessary.
• Discuss and assist the patients to activate their Patient Portal Account.
• Escorts patients to the exam room to obtain a blood pressure and pulse as well as update and review the patient?s care team, pharmacy, allergies, medications, family, social, past medical/surgical history and review of systems.
• Obtain any lab or X-ray results that are not in the Electronic Medical Record that may not have been ordered by us and provide to provider at time of the patient appointment.
• Working Tasks requiring the medical assistant to call for records the same day or even next day based on the task created by the provider looking for records that were not available at the time of the appointment.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Training in a Medical Assistant program.
• Ability to learn and adapt.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with physicians and employees.
• Position requires a flexible work schedule.
• Strong organizational skills.