Medical Scribe - Assistant
*Medical Gap Year Students encouraged to apply
Duties would include, but not limited to:
Medical Scribing:
- Accompanying the provider in the exam room and scribing what the provider says using either macros or scribing what they say verbatim
- Queuing up medications and lab orders for the provider to sign and send to the pharmacy or laboratory
- Assisting the provider in medical billing by putting CPT codes, surgical and destruction codes in the patient’s chart that gets sent to the billing department for review and posting to insurance companies.
Scribe will also work as a medical assistant for the provider they are scribing for. These duties will include:
Medical Assistant
- Escorting patients to exam rooms and taking a history from the patient
- Entering patient information into an electronic medical record (EPIC)
- Cleaning, organizing, stocking and preparing exam rooms
- Assisting providers with in-office minor surgical procedures
- Removing sutures from a previous in-office minor surgical procedures
- Sterilizing surgical instruments
- Managing biohazards and sharps containers
- Doing a weekly inventory medical supplies and completing a weekly order form including office, medical and lab supplies
Skill/Experience:
- Bachelors Degree from accredited program; pre-med, biology, chemistry or related subject
- At least 1 year experience in a medical setting
- Strong typing skills
- medical terminology and anatomy.
- Experience using EPIC electronic medical record system
- Ability to adhere to HIPAA guidelines
- Ability to operate multi-line telephone system
- Ability to read, understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, employees and the public
- Must be well organized and detail oriented
- Willingness to take on new roles in the office
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment
Job Type: 30+ hours per week. No Weekends