Medical Assistant - Pre Op Assessment - Opelousas General Health System : Job Details

Responsible for receiving patients, determines their needs and directs them accordingly. Performs optimal ambulatory health care to patients; stocks and maintains exam rooms and nurse's stations. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: - Plans and manages patient care according to each patient's needs. - Interviews patients and records their medical history and physical condition. - Obtains patient vital signs, including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and respiration. - Provides routine care for patients. - Observes patients' health. - Reviews medical charts. - Communicates with patients and their families. - Prepares specimens for lab courier. - Assist with patient comfort. - Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders and medications refills to pharmacy and progress notes to insurance for prior authorizations. - Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and complying with legal regulations. - Keep supplies ready by invento...Medical Assistant, Assessment, Medical, Assistant, Healthcare, Patient