Medical Assistant for podiatry office in Chattanooga.  Hours mostly 8:30-5:00 4 days a week and a few hours occasionally on Friday.  Office includes 1 doctor and another medical assistant.   Medical assistant qualifications/skills should include organizational, professionalism, reliability, responsibility, punctuality and strong work ethic.   Job responsibilities include both front and back office.   

FRONT OFFICE Responsibilities include:

Greeting patients 

Answering phones

Booking appointments

Checking patients in

Checking patients out

Registering patients in computer

Filing

Pulling charts/x-rays

Processing credit card payments

Taking payments and giving cash receipts

Copying

Scanning documents

Assisting with completion of office paperwork

Safeguarding of patients information/charts

Maintaining patient confidentiality

Scheduling surgeries

Making appointments for other facilities

Processing pathology or other lab order forms

BACK OFFICE Responsibilities include:

Interacting with patients and or family members

Taking and recording vital signs

Managing instruments ie placing in sterilizer and restocking back in rooms

Ordering medical supplies

Setting up for orthotic casting and processing for mailing

Cleaning rooms in between patients

Restocking medical supplies in rooms

Setting up for minor office procedures

Future responsibilities may include processing insurance claims, tabulating end of day information, printing reports.

Please email resume to chattpod@gmail.com