Medical Assistant III (Float) – Psychiatry

Scheduled Hours
40

Place Abstract
Place performs duties of a Medical Assistant as outlined under. Should have the ability to work independently and acts because the lead useful resource in a multi-physician medical observe and lead the Medical Assistants within the medical operation of a affected person care setting; capabilities as a Medical Assistant within the division as outlined under, prepares charts and appropriately responds to messages by way of the EMR system, processes prior authorizations and medicine refills immediately or in collaboration with the supplier, obtains stories and information; directs affected person move and ensures the general clean working of the medical workplace and affected person interfacing duties, prepares and maintains examination rooms. This place is assigned to a gaggle of suppliers and is liable for the next:
*This place floats between 2 areas*

Job Description

Major Duties and Duties

Affected person Going through Duties

• Interacts immediately with sufferers in clinic setting and completes duties, which can embody acquiring very important indicators, verification of medicines, medicine prior authorizations, affected person messages.
• Might help with renewal and authorization of non-narcotic drugs per standing orders and division pointers.
• Might administer drugs underneath the order of physicians or nurse practitioner (this contains IM injections).
• Entrance desk duties – Checks sufferers out and in; processes funds, schedules follow-up appointments; solutions cellphone, and so on.

Communication and Documentation

• In a management function, and as wanted, might schedule and assign work to different Medical Assistants to make sure acceptable staffing; assists in orienting, writing insurance policies and coaching new Medical Assistants.
• Directs affected person move, assists with particular procedures/therapies and completes requisitions.
• Routes cellphone messages, affected person questions and phone communications to acceptable personnel.
• Assists with care coordination by doing duties outlined underneath the division pointers, corresponding to calling sufferers with take a look at outcomes; scheduling appointments; aiding doctor with return calls; scheduling diagnostic procedures and admissions; and monitoring new and return affected person contacts, together with scheduling of appointments and follow-up appointments.
• Completes crucial paperwork and documentation in a well timed method.
• Solutions primary questions from affected person/household relating to therapies, analysis and procedures.
• If order entry within the digital medical document is a part of the job perform, completes requisitions/orders per Washington College pointers.

Different Capabilities

• Maintains required HIPAA compliance; maintains expertise/competencies and participates in in-services, employees applications, persevering with training and cross-training applications in keeping with established requirements and Washington College insurance policies.
• Complies with OSHA, state and federal regulatory sources/requirements.
• Participates in high quality enchancment actions to make sure acceptable medical outcomes.
• Participates within the Psychiatry MA pool of backup protection as wanted.
• Cross protection of MA/Entrance Desk duties as wanted.
• Performs different duties as assigned.

Working Circumstances

Might require journey to new workplace areas to arrange new MA workers and applications as lead MA.

Most popular {Qualifications}

• A number of years of supervisory or group chief expertise.
• Three or extra years of Medical Assistant expertise.
• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program.
• Digital medical document expertise.
• Reliable, impartial employee with robust interactive communication expertise, administration and management expertise with capacity to professionally work with physicians, sufferers, households, important others and assist employees.
• Robust interpersonal, organizational and phone expertise.
• Working data of anatomy and physiology, fundamentals of medical terminology and expertise/data working with digital medical information.

Required {Qualifications}

• Highschool diploma or equal highschool certification.
• Registered or Licensed Medical Assistant with three years of associated work expertise (examples of associated fields embody navy medic, emergency medical technicians, Nurse’s Aide, bodily remedy and nurse technicians, and licensed athletic trainers). Medical Assistant credentials should be obtained from in-person proctored exams from the next certifying our bodies: NHA, AAMA or AMT. In-person proctored credentials from different certifying our bodies could also be accepted upon approval from Human Assets. Substitutions embody:
  • Graduate of an accredited nursing program (corresponding to RN/LPN), or comparable allied well being coaching program with a minimal of 1 yr of related expertise.
  • Capability to point out proof of a Medical Assistant certification/registration with profitable completion of certification examination (on-line proctored exams aren’t enough to satisfy the credential requirement) inside six months of rent date (or inside a shorter timeframe if famous by hiring supervisor).

• Primary Life Help certification (On-line Primary Life Help certifications, these with out a expertise evaluation part, aren’t enough to satisfy the Primary Life Help necessities).

Grade
C07-H

Wage Vary
$18.84 – $28.29 / Hourly

The wage vary displays base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade throughout the College. Particular person charges inside the vary might be decided by elements together with one’s {qualifications} and efficiency, fairness with others within the division, market charges for positions inside the similar grade and division finances.

Questions

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Lodging

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Pre-Employment Screening
All exterior candidates receiving a proposal for employment might be required to undergo pre-employment screening for this place. The screenings will embody legal background examine and, as relevant for the place, different background checks, drug display, an employment and training or licensure/certification verification, bodily examination, sure vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All presents are contingent upon profitable completion of required screening.

Advantages Assertion

Private

• As much as 22 days of trip, 10 acknowledged holidays, and sick time.

• Aggressive medical health insurance packages with precedence appointments and decrease copays/coinsurance.

• Wish to Dwell Close to Your Work and/or enhance your commute? Reap the benefits of our free Metro transit U-Cross for eligible workers. We additionally provide a forgivable dwelling mortgage of as much as $12,500 for closing prices and a down fee for properties in eligible neighborhoods.

• WashU supplies eligible workers with an outlined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Financial savings Plan, which mixes worker contributions and college contributions beginning at 7%.

Wellness

• Wellness challenges, annual well being screenings, psychological well being sources, mindfulness applications and programs, worker help program (EAP), monetary sources, entry to dietitians, and extra!

Household

• We provide 4 weeks of caregiver go away to bond along with your new little one. Household care sources are additionally accessible in your continued childcare wants. Want grownup care? We’ve acquired you coated.

• WashU covers the price of tuition for you and your loved ones, together with dependent undergraduate-level faculty tuition as much as 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

For insurance policies, detailed advantages, and eligibility, please go to: https://hr.wustl.edu/advantages/

EEO/AA Assertion
Washington College in St. Louis is dedicated to the rules and practices of equal employment alternative and particularly encourages functions by these from underrepresented teams. It’s the College’s coverage to offer equal alternative and entry to individuals in all job titles with out regard to race, ethnicity, colour, nationwide origin, age, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, incapacity, protected veteran standing, or genetic data.

Variety Assertion
Washington College is devoted to constructing a various neighborhood of people who’re dedicated to contributing to an inclusive surroundings – fostering respect for all and welcoming people from numerous backgrounds, experiences and views. People with a dedication to those values are inspired to use.