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Medical Assistant at Southbay Plastic Surgery Practice.
Los Angeles, CA 90254
Job Purpose:
o Maintain a high level of patient satisfaction by providing an exemplary level of service to patients as well as a high level of assistance to the physician.
o Provide assistance with medical care, procedures, patient education, and other duties associated with maintaining a successful medical practice.
Duties:
o Maintain a tidy and stocked medical area.
o Welcome patients by greeting them with a friendly and professional demeanor.
o Assist with adhering to appointment times and optimizing the physician's time by ensuring required paperwork is completed and by assisting with the turn-over of patient rooms between appointments.
o Contribute to physician's effectiveness by setting up the patient room(s).
o Ensure availability of treatment services by accurately reading the appointment schedule to be aware of the type of service to be administered and help manage inventory by anticipating the needed supply of products for appointments.
o Anticipate physician and patient needs.
o Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
o Maintain patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating patient information.
o Demonstrate the organizational skills necessary to accurately file and retrieve patient records.
o Protect patients' rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal information.
o Prioritize office tasks and the physician's requests in order of medical importance.
o Understand practice protocol by learning about and following policies and procedures.
o Provide back-up to front office, as needed.
Demonstrative Skills:
o Ability to implement physician directives.
o Ability to master administrative and clinical tasks in a medical office setting.
o Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
o Active listening and understanding the importance of taking detailed notes.
o Ability to handle a myriad of tasks without getting flustered.
o Superb time management and multitasking skills.
o Keen level of detail.
Attributes:
o Demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for organization.
o Place importance on your dependability.
o Appreciate the expectation of following instructions to the letter.
o Ability to handle all situations with polish and poise.
o Possess the ambition and drive to acquire new skills and learn new tasks.
