Medical Assistant Jobs

Location: Utica, NY Category: Professional Posted On: Fri Aug 11 2023 :

In this 12-month, full-time position at the SUNY Poly Wellness Center: Health & Counseling Services, the Medical Assistant will provide clerical and clinical support in a college healthcare setting. The routine clerical duties include greeting student patients in person and by phone, scheduling appointments, answering the Wellness Center main reception line as well as emails to the wellness center inbox, entering documentation for medical and counseling to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system as well as scanning health documentation received by fax or dropped off in person. Clinical duties include preparing the student patient for their medical visit, obtaining and recording vitals, and performing standardized routine laboratory procedures such as specimen collection and processing as required.

The Medical Assistant works directly and collaboratively with other Wellness Center staff including the director, clerical, clinical, counseling, and health promotion staff. Must have excellent communication and organization skills. Familiarity with an EMR system and Microsoft software is required. Familiarity with the Banner software application for Higher Education is desirable.

• Appropriately greets, answer questions, and directs Wellness Center: Health & Counseling Services clientele, appropriately responds to telephone and email inquiries, responds to routine correspondence from students and parents, processes mail, orders supply, etc. Triage (phone and in-office) patients appropriately. Registers and/or enters patient information into the computer databases EMR & Banner. Utilizes the EMR & Banner to maintain schedules, schedule appointments, scan in necessary medical documentation, data entry, reporting, etc. Assist students to navigate the student health insurance process. Assist with scheduling meetings, taking meeting minutes, travel arrangements, etc.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.
• Performs patient reception, monitors patient flow, schedules appointments, including return visits or additional laboratory tests, provide necessary patient visit instructions, and handles appointment changes. Clinical preparation: escorts the patient to the room, and obtain and record patient information such as weight, height, blood pressure, and vital signs. Performs various routine laboratory testing such as dipstick urines, finger-stick glucose testing, etc. Performs patient specimen processing: obtains specimens, labels, arranges transportation, etc.

The primary location for this position is in Utica, with possible travel to other operating locations.

Reporting Relationships

(If applicable, provide the number of employees and the jobs of the staff reporting to this position.)

Reports to the Director of Wellness Center Services, this position has no direct reports.

Salary: $36,239

Benefits: https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/benefits/benefit-summaries/CSEAbenefitsummary-December-2022.pdf

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available in the announcement.

On or before the date of filing your application, you must have:

Either 1: one year of full-time experience performing clinical and clerical support activities in a health care setting.

Or 2: completion of a college, university, technical school, or vocational school medical assistant program. Applicants must address in their applications their abilities to work with a culturally diverse population. This position is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a background check; this position may require annual checks.

Preferred Qualifications

Medical Assistant Certification or LPN

Applicants must address in their applications their abilities to work with a culturally diverse population. This position is contingent on the satisfactory completion of a background check; this position may require annual checks.

Additional Information

Closing date for receipt of applications: until position is filled

SUNY Polytechnic Institute offers exceptional benefits such as healthcare, dental, vision, pension plans, competitive pay, generous paid time off, tuition assistance, life insurance and long-term disability insurance.

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