Medical Assistant Resume Samples

Description :

1. Accurately updating and recording patient medications and allergies in patient chart upon each visit.
2. Answering emergency calls and direct patients to the proper physician for care in a timely manner.
3. Applying Holter and event monitors on patients and performing data collection as required.
4. Assisting and chaperone physician and tech with ablations and nuclear stress test.
5. Collecting insurance copays, deductibles, and balances at the time of the patient's appointment.
6. Ensuring all pre-op surgical clearance is faxed to the patient's procedure appointments.
7. Maintaining office and clinical supplies, in addition, to supply inventory in exam rooms.
8. Performing patient check-in/check-out and scheduling of appointments as needed.
9. Processing staff and patient incoming calls, faxes and inquiries, including incoming /outgoing referrals.
10. Taking patient's messages and provides directions/instructions to patients according to physician orders and established guidelines.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Consultant

Education

Medical

Description :

1. Greet patients professionally while expediting patient registration.
2. Collect insurance information, entering patient demographics accurately, authorizing and collecting charges for current and future visits.
3. Collect past due balances, room patients, review past medical and surgical history, update vitals (blood pressures, temperature, height, weight, pulse) proficient in the utilization of electronic medical records, and managing clinical calls contacts.
4. Peer to peer contact initiation to addressing request for prior authorization for a medication, appointments, durable medical equipment.
5. Place orders for supplies and equipment to ensure operations and procedures are executed according to protocol.
6. Send and retrieve faxes to patients, as well as other healthcare entities.
7. Supply patients with educational material as well as verbal instruction under the direction of the physician, scheduling surgery's, coordinating incoming and outcoming referrals.
8. Coordinate preoperative surgical testing and postoperative appointments.
9. Assist with office surgical procedures, expediting specimens to the lab while accurate documenting diagnoses.
10. Deliver accurate orders and instruction to the patient as directed by the doctor upon check out, ensuring that patient has an understanding of future appointments and follow up.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Served as a key member of the clinical team for a busy occupational and environmental medicine practice.
2. Assist five MDs as well as PA, NP and LPN team to ensure quality patient care and efficient daily functioning of the office.
3. Consistently praised for efficient handling of administrative duties, include: case management, maintaining medical records, scheduling appointments, answer phones) that allowed providers and nursing staff to focus on concerns of patients.
4. Aided in the implementation of electronic health record to satisfy the needs of the providers, staff, and patients while maintaining compliance with HIPAA.
5. Professional attitude in difficult and emergent situations of patients and staff members.
6. Training of staff members (providers, clinical and reception staff) in the electronic health record, processes, and procedures of the clinic.
7. Performed routine tests such as urine dip stick, vision and hearing tests.
8. Ensure the smooth operation of patient care on a daily basis.
9. Kept facility stocked with necessary supplies, equipment, and instruments.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Providing a comfortable atmosphere for the patient throughout the appointment.
2. Reporting to the physician and with other staff members to ensure quality patient care.
3. Setting up and cleaning of each room at the start of the day, between patients, and the end of the day.
4. Setting up for procedures, assisting with procedures, and proper cleaning after procedures.
5. Taking office inventory, making orders, and keeping all rooms and office in supply.
6. Ensuring patients are completely informed when it comes to their healthcare needs.
7. Preparing physician's orders and making sure that they go to the right departments.
8. Communicating between outside physicians, other departments and hospitals to ensure that patient care is being followed through.
9. Processing authorization approval forms for ultrasounds, MRI, ct scans, x-rays.
10. Preparing new patient charts, charted, copied and filed medical documents.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Health Administration

Description :

1. Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
2. Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
3. Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
4. Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
5. Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
6. Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
7. Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
8. Answer calls on a multi-line phone system and handles all phone messaging.
9. Additional clinical duties included prepping and collecting lab specimen via venipuncture; patient injections; and conducting clinical tests.
10. Ensure all instruments and needles or related items are of first-time use.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Medical Assistant

Description :

1. Greeting patients, answering telephones, and providing customer service to the patients.
2. Providing administrative support; updating and filing patient medical records, schedules appointments, arrange for laboratory services and performs other administrative duties as directed.
3. Notifying the registered nurse or physician when vital signs or pain screen are out of range.
4. Collecting and preparing laboratory specimens and phlebotomy according to health system standards.
5. Performing basic laboratory tests on the premises within POCT standards maintains refrigerator and QC logs.
6. Cleaning and sterilizing medical instruments using health system standards.
7. Performing other clinical functions as delegated and supervised by the physician consistent with the CMAS education, training and experience and within state medical practice.
8. Scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission, laboratory, and radiology services within and outside our facility.
9. Collecting blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared them for lab testing.
10. Opening the office by preparing the triage room for patients, turning on the lab machine and also preparing the patient coffee for the day.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Consultant

Education

Medical

Description :

1. Schedule procedures, educate patient regarding testing, test results, diagnosis, medications or any follow up needed.
2. Performed quality assurance checks on washer disinfectors/ultrasonic cleaners/cart washers, etc.
3. Properly cleaned/removed instrument and equipment stains using the approved chemicals by the company.
4. Responsibilities included preparation of exam rooms, obtaining patients medical records, taking patients vital signs, documenting patient's medical history, assisting with medical exams, reviewing medical charts, administering of medications, and assisting in minor in-office procedures.
5. Served as an assistant to medical personnel to assure the safety and well-being of medical facility patients within an intense setting.
6. Coordinate the scheduling of surgeries, diagnostic testing, and therapy services.
7. Filed and pulled charts according to office schedule/ next day schedule if needed.
8. Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
9. Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
10. Authorize medicine refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Consultant

Education

Medical

Description :

1. Assist with patient check-in, exams, office procedures, and minor office surgeries including set-up, clean-up, patient prep, and documentation in the electronic medical record.
2. Administer injections and oral medications as ordered by physician or nurse.
3. Interview patients, measure vital signs, review medications list, and perform other medical procedures per protocol.
4. Review clinical reports, referring physician records, and pre-visit test results.
5. Schedule tests and procedures (including radiology, cardiology, and respiratory) utilizing the hospital and clinic computer systems.
6. Obtain pre-authorization for referrals as required by individual insurance companies.
7. Elevated patient concerns and patient care needs to the provider on duty.
8. Assisted the nurse practitioner in processing documentation related to patient care.
9. Performed vital signs and point-of-care testing as required by the medical protocol.
10. Operated the occupational health and wellness center which provided a broad range of services, including minor illness treatment, health promotion initiatives, physical examinations, allergy shots, immunizations, health risk, and disease management, and nutritional counseling.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Health Care Management

Description :

1. Supporting duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus.
2. Assisting with transferring patients in and out of wheelchairs and adaptive equipment.
3. Keeping the facility stocked with necessary supplies, equipment, and instruments.
4. Performing routine tests such as urine dip stick, vision and hearing tests.
5. Providing necessary supplies, support and assistance to medical staff and patients for unit specific procedures.
6. Participating in the maintenance of safe conditions within the facility and other related areas.
7. Ordering lab work and x-rays prioritize patient daily care according to acuity and scheduled patient procedures to assist patients.
8. Managing patient referrals, appointments, procedures, and authorizations for testing.
9. Assisting the doctor with documentation of consults in the rehabilitation center's, hospital's and in the office.
10. Completing and submitting clinical documentation in accordance with agency guidelines.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Consultant

Education

Medical Assistant

Description :

1. Maintaining accurate records of patient care, condition, progress, and concerns.
2. Responding appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.
3. Obtaining information about clients' medical history, drug history, complaints, and allergies.
4. Performing clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
5. Collecting patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output, and other delegated measurements.
6. Assessing need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests.
7. Entering physicians report of each patient into the computer and send it out with medical records to the correct facilities.
8. Assisting any patient who needs assistance with translation throughout the entire visit.
9. Checking patients in and out for their medical evaluations for social security or disability.
10. Giving patients the correct paperwork needed for their visits, have charts up to date and ready for the physicians.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Nursing