Medical Assistant-Primary Care West (Full Time)

Company: Trinity Health Corporation
Location: Syracuse
Posted on: June 10, 2021

Job Description:

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician, coordinator and/or registered nurses. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, and drawing blood.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

High school diploma or equivalent. Medical Assistant program training or equivalent.

Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise. Completes population specific competency annually on populations served as identified in scope of care and service.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, SKILLS OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDS:

Office/Clinical setting. Exposure Class 1.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Medium work: must be able to lift 25 pounds frequently. Occasionally lifting a maximum of 50 pounds. Will require the ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat, and reach.

WORK CONTACT GROUP:

All services, employees, medical staff, patients, visitors, vendors, various regulatory and professional agencies.

SUPERVISED BY:

Registered Nurse or office manager

SUPERVISES:

N/A

CAREER PATH:

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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