Medical Assistant Job at Lone Star Family Health Center, Conroe, TX

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  • Lone Star Family Health Center
  • Conroe, TX

Job Description

The Medical Assistant provides direct patient care to patients of Lone Star Family Health Center.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. 

  • Ensures safety and cleanliness of the environment.  Ensures supplies are adequate. 
  • Performs pre-visit planning, initiates screening protocols, identifies tests and vaccines that are due per UDS measures and CDC immunization guidelines
  • Prepares patients for examination; obtains vital signs, records reason for visit and history, performs medication reconciliation, verifies allergies, pharmacy and recent ER visits or hospital stays.
  • Performs blood draws, heed sticks, waived tests and quality testing for waived tests after verifying accuracy of order and patient identification.
  • Prepares and labels laboratory specimens completely per policy guidelines.
  • Monitors patient flow in and out of clinic and communicates delays and expectations to medical providers and patients.
  • Facilitates continuity of care for patients and/or family with members of the health care team through scheduling appointments, phone contact, verbal interaction, written reports and/or electronic messaging.
  • Assists with medication fills, obtaining DME, and referrals.
  • Chaperones for procedures such as breast or pelvic exams, and testicle checks for well child visits and sports physicals. 
  • Gathers instruments and materials as appropriate for procedures needed at the visit, assists the medical provider as requested.
  • Cleans and prepares instruments for sterilization using standard precautions.  Follows policy for autoclave.
  • Adheres to infection control practices, hand hygiene, use of PPE, instrument and environment cleaning, biohazard waste disposal and safe injection techniques. Maintains accurate patient medical records.
  • Assists the medical provider with translation and sending out patient communications.

Required:
Bilingual English and Spanish.
High School diploma or general education degree (GED).

Preferred:
Graduate of a Medical Assistant program.

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