Medical Assistant - Sparks, NV
Employment Type : Full-Time
Skin Cancer and Dermatology Institute (SCDI) is a fast-paced dermatology practice with locations throughout Northern Nevada.
We need Medical Assistants join OUR growing team!
~ Work for Reno’s premier Dermatology and Cosmetic practice ~
Medical Assistant openings at the following locations:
Sparks, NV
Why work for SCDI???
- No nights or weekends
- Employee discounting on SCDI products and services
- Employee appreciation
- Full time employee perks include:
- Medical, Vision, Dental benefits (begin 1st of the month after 30 days of employment)
- Optional discounted short-term disability, long term disability, voluntary life insurance, and much more
- Paid Time off (starts to accrue on your 1st day)
- 9 - Paid company holidays
- 401(k) Match
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are
not intended to be all inclusive.
Other duties may be assigned.
- Serve as a patient advocate during patient exam and treatment
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure
their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Show patients to examination rooms, procedure rooms or operative
rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Record patients' medical history, medications, allergies, vital
statistics and information such as test results in medical records.
- Ensure proper consent forms are obtained prior to preparing a
patient for treatment
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
following safety protocol of right dose, right patient, right route, right drug
and noting expiration date
- Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log the
specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, wound care
instructions and physicians' instructions to patients.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them
instruments and materials or performing such tasks as giving injections and
removing sutures.
- Under Provider direction, authorize drug refills and provide
prescription information to pharmacies.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the
rooms neat and clean.
- Inspects sterile items prior to opening and lay supplies out on
sterile field in an organized manner
- Assist physician with surgical procedure while maintaining
sterile field
- Assess the patient’s condition throughout the exam, procedure or
surgery according to the facility’s policies and notify physician and RN of any
indication of distress
- Responsible for cleaning room and medical equipment in between
each patient and at the end of the day.
- Correctly disposes of infection waste and biohazard materials
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Performs accurate documentation of all procedures in a timely
manner
- Maintain patient confidentiality and data integrity in
accordance with Health Information Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Adhere to all safety policies and procedures in performing job
duties and responsibilities while supporting a culture of high quality and
excellent customer service
- Participate in department or unit quality improvement activities
Experience, Education and Certification Requirements:
- One (1)+ year experience in a medical setting, dermatology
practice preferred
- Current CPR certification
- Medical Assistant certification, preferred