Medical Assistant (FT) - Neurosurgery Clinic

**Position Title** ================== Medical Assistant (FT) \- Neurosurgery Clinic Medical Pavilion **Position Summary / Career Interest:** --------------------------------------- The Medical Assistant is responsible for ensuring efficient flow of patients through the health care setting by facilitating examination and treatment of patients in a culturally sensitive manner with exceptional customer service; contributes to patient care by preparing patient for visit, performing limited procedures, scheduling diagnostic test or consults, maintaining patient records, organizing clinic/exam rooms, maintaining supply/equipment inventory, and/or assisting physicians, other medical staff, nurses, other interdisciplinary team members and support staff. **Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions*** Accurately schedules tests; obtains films and reports; and prepares laboratory specimens according to policy. * Assists physicians and/or nurses with special procedures and examinations as defined on competency checklist. * Collaborates with members of the health care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient care; may record elements of the patient history for clinical staff review. * Electronically submits, calls and/or faxes in prescriptions and refills to outpatient pharmacies * Ensures data collected for completed procedures is recorded on appropriate forms and in medical records * Maintains medical records; ensures all required documentation is available in the medical record; distributes reports and correspondence; files, photocopies and processes forms related to medical charts. * Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stocks assigned areas and ensures par levels of supplies are maintained; checks and completes required logs and equipment such as refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, emergency/crash carts, suction and other required checks. * Performs clerical duties such as greeting patients; registration; scheduling; pre\-certificatio