Medical Assistant - University Anesthesiologists Details

Medical Assistant - University Anesthesiologists

University Physicians' Association - Knoxville, TN

Employment Type : Full-Time

Description: University Anesthesiologists is seeking a full time medical assistant for our growing practice at UT Medical Center. Candidate must have experience in a professional physicians office setting.
Pay Rate: This position starts at $13 per hour depending on experience and education
About Our Company:

• Our Mission is to help our patients reclaim relief and function through accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment of pain.
• Our Vision is to become the premier comprehensive pain management center in Tennessee by focusing on our patients, our product, our people, and our processes.
• Our Patients: Persons with chronic pain who want to reclaim relief from pain, and achieve functional quality of life through comprehensive pain management.
• Our Product: Accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment of all causes of chronic pain using a multimodal approach-medication management, injections/procedures, physical therapy and other indicated referrals, and psychosocial and behavioral change.
• Our People: Compassionate, courteous, committed to the cause, and "can-do" attitude
• Our Processes: Effective, efficient, and evolving

About the position:
This individual will be responsible for working up patients by obtaining vitals, confirming patient history and medications. You must also be familiar with handling or have a willingness to learn outgoing referrals, pre-certifications of medications and procedures, and assisting with office procedures. Candidate must able be able and willing to be cross training in other areas if the office such as front office, procedure room and other areas of the practice.
Compensation included a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision and a retirement program with match.
Key Results Areas

• Accurate and efficient updating, reporting and charting
• Accurately and efficiently update chief compliant and any changes to medical and surgical history for follow-up patients
• Accurately and efficiently update medical list - to reflect the patient's current medications (correctly spelled drug names, dosages and frequency) and to remove any outdates prescriptions at every visit
• Review/enter accurate chief compliant, past medical, surgical, family, social history, medications and allergies on all new consults.
• Update other aspects of the patient's face sheet (including health care maintenance section) as appropriate.

Self-Motivated, Dependable, Team Player

• Must be able to demonstrate a self-motivated attitude and excel under minimal supervision
• Like bring part of a team and part of a solution
• The candidate must be dependable to the team and practice as a whole

Assisting with a purpose

• Takes initiative to research what is needed in daily appointments and stay a step ahead of the provider.
• Takes personal responsibility in the care of the patients
• Able to manage time constraints against work load

Medical office ready

• Understands medical office workflow
• Understands medical terminology and apply it to daily tasks
• Is proficient in EMR, charting and patient details

. Requirements: About our ideal candidate:
Our growing practice is looking for a dynamic individual who is able to show real compassion for patients who suffer with chronic pain issues. Our new medical assistant must be open and willing to learn, dependable and able to grow with the practice. This candidate will be professional in day to day interactions with the patients as well as display a high degree of phone etiquette. We encourage individuals to voice their ideas on how to improve efficiency and patient care.

Job Type: Full-time