Position Summary
Arkansas Pain Care Clinics is currently seeking a Medical Assistant/Scribe. This position assists providers in clinic to deliver of the highest standards of patient care by following the policies and procedures of the clinic operation and physician direction.
Essential Functions
- Assists with patient flow through clinic by greeting and rooming patients, scribing and walking patients to appropriate department (front desk, technicians, and patient care coordinators) to complete patient visit
- Treats each patient with respect by greeting them by name, introducing yourself, and explaining what will happen during the exam.
- Documents patient exams in electronic health record, noting specifically the exam components, diagnoses, treatment plans, orders, and medications
- Provides patient and family counseling and education as needed
- Communicates medication orders to pharmacy via e-prescribing and/or patient as needed
- Reviews all chart notes and correspondence daily to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Travels with physician to various sites to ensure coordinated and effective patient care
- Participates in Patient Informed Consent process
- Understands and respects boundaries with regard to, surgery orders, and e-prescribing
- Scribes with other providers as assigned
- Participates in training's and meets requirements for Meaningful Use measures, HIPAA compliance and Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Active participant in continuous improvements
- Participates in all company wide initiatives
- Performs related duties as assigned to ensure quality patient care
- Open and willing to try new workflows and ideas and provide encouragement for the provider to try new workflows and ideas
- Monitors provider schedules and communicate scheduling issues clearly to managers to help understand concerns
- Remains calm at all times and reports any issues to appropriate levels of management
- Willingly accepts and completes any other task or requests that manager assigns beyond items specifically listed in job description
- Pull all necessary information from EHR and input exam findings into patient chart as physician is conducting exam; chart patient complaint additions, physician assessment and plan
- Knows and inserts billing codes into chart as per physician instruction
- Finds patient insurance and other information from EPM side
- Ensures detailed and accurate chart documentation to meet ICD-10 requirements
- Ensures proper coding technique is used, i.e. proper linking of diagnosis to procedure
- Reviews and edits patient chief complaint
- Codes clinic services before bringing patient to check out and surgery services on a daily basis to ensure timely, accurate and complete processing of services
- Accurately scribes exam details as dictated by provider
- Perform phlebotomy, injections, medical procedures and laboratory procedures appropriate for level of training under the direction of a provider.
Other Essential Functions * Must be willing and able to work a variety of hours and work in the various locations as needed. The locations include West Little Rock and Sherwood.
- Must present self at the workstation, ready for work, at the scheduled time
- Works with all providers
- Participates in department and company meetings, as requested
- Performs other duties as assigned
Education & Licensing * High School Diploma, or equivalent, required
- Medical Assistant diploma required
- Experience
- Experience in clinical setting
- EMR proficient
Job SpecificSkills & Knowledge * Comprehensive knowledge of EHR system and ability to use it efficiently
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $14.50 - $17.00 per hour
Medical Specialty:
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
- Evening shift
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- Certified Medical Assistant (Required)
Work Location: In person
