Senior Medical Assistant Job Description
Senior medical assistant
provides knowledge and understanding of medical and disease terminology to both internal and external stakeholders (in the context of consumer complaints, clinical studies, and literature review).
Senior Medical Assistant Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Responsible for scheduling procedures and/or services needed by making arrangements with departments
Providing complete administrative support to the Senior Director/Director with minimal supervision
Maintaining calendars for Senior Director/Director(s)
Coordinating travel arrangement and arrange business itinerary for Senior Director/Director(s), distribute itinerary as necessary
Preparing expense reports for DOME Senior Director/Director(s) using Concur and make copies for the file
Preparing and processing wire payments for Rutgers PharmD Fellows
Handling and preparing daily attendance reports for the team
Providing support on various administrative tasks related to the field when specific questions arise
Screening and responding to internal and external phone calls for Senior Director and support overflow of department’s phone coverage
Establishing and maintaining an accurate filing system
Senior Medical Assistant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Medical Assistant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BCLS, CPR, BLS
Education for Senior Medical Assistant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior medical assistant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Graduate, Nursing, Nursing Program, High School Education, Medical, General Education, Education, Natural Sciences, Medical Assistant, Associates
Skills for Senior Medical Assistant
Desired skills for senior medical assistant include:
Medical terminology
Basic medical terminology
Ability to perform skills within the scope of a Certified Medical Assistant
Injections
Procedures
EKGs and phlebotomy
Screenings
Medical software
Medical terminology and word processing
Personal computers
Desired experience for senior medical assistant includes:
Monitoring inventory for departmental supplies and procure materials as needed using the Ariba system
Must be able to handle confidential matters, requiring discretion with flexibility in responding to shifting priorities and interruptions with a professional outlook
In addition, must demonstrate excellent judgment and the ability to solve problems proactively
Must present self in a professional manner at all times, be detail-oriented, thorough and accurate, and well organized.Administration
Must have the skills necessary to operate the office equipment required fulfilling job duties
Must be able to type with sufficient speed/accuracy to meet job duties
Senior Medical Assistant Examples
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Senior Medical Assistant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a senior medical assistant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior medical assistant
- Performs and assists with clinical procedures and duties, dressing changes or suture removals and FibroScan technician
- Performs and assists with clinical procedures and duties, if needed
- Recommend and implement improvements to processes or procedures
- The Coordinator/Senior Admin
- Prepares charts prior to clinic sessions, ensures all specialist reports and test results are documented and available for physician review
- Assists the provider during patient visits, including documenting portions of the visit in the electronic medical record while the provider is examining the patient
- Perform hearing and vision screens and developmental testing
- Review patient information as required by the rooming process and competently enter information into the patient medical record
- Under the direction of a physician or other providers, patient information through standardized teaching sheets
- Perform limited registration and scheduling tasks in clinics that do not have clerical support and/or contact Patient Access Services to do phone registration and scheduling
Qualifications for senior medical assistant
- This position requires a demonstrated team player with a record of proactively taking initiative as appropriate
- Must be able to communicate effectively with all patients
- Medical assistant candidates must have strong organizational, communication, writing, listening and service skills
- Internal contacts within R&D and Shire well as multiple Corporate functions across Commercial, Finance, IT, HR, Legal as required
- Current nationally recognized Medical Assistant certification/registration
- Procure and stock equipment and supplies and ensure that equipment is operable through quality assurance checks
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Senior Medical Assistant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of senior medical assistant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior medical assistant
- Recognizes emergency situations and implements emergency procedures
- Performs basic clerical duties in EHR or contacts Patient Access Services for phone registration
- Assists with select pre-authorizations and pre-certifications as needed
- Obtains new patient records and previous test results, x-rays, scans
- Relates work and job purpose to Michigan Medicine mission and commitment to putting patients and families first
- Physician Assistance
- Patient Placement
- Test Performance
- Chaperoning
- Supply Maintenance
Qualifications for senior medical assistant
- Diploma or Associate’s Degree from an AAMA or AMT accredited Medical Assistant training program that includes a clinical externship or a formal medical services training program of the United States Armed Forces, as evidenced through educational transcripts
- Medical Assistants hired, re-hired, or promoted after April 6, 2015 must possess current certification by the AAMA or current registration by the AMT or obtain that certification or registration within the probationary period
- Medical Assistants hired, re-hired, or promoted on June 1, 2009 through April 6, 2015 must possess current certification by the AAMA or current registration by the AMT or obtain that certification or registration within one year of hire
- Must have and maintain valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers certification or the ability to obtain this within the first three months of employment
- Experience with EPIC and/or similar electronic health record
- Possesses active certification by the AAMA or active registration by the AMT at hire
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior medical assistant. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior medical assistant
- Individuals may be responsible for taking the patients vital signs, conducting blood draws
- The medical assistant or LPN will collect, organize and enter patient data into Excellian such as vital signs, lab results and interval patient history
- Maintains sub-ledgers and ledgers for various accounts, including reviewing expenditures and encumbrances, reconciling accounts, and ensuring appropriate use of funds
- Plans and coordinates projects, such as meetings, appointments, conferences, seminars, and workshops
- Takes, transcribes, and distributes minutes for meetings
- May transcribe dictation of medical or scientific terminology
- Responsible for coordination of daily activities for (8) Medical Assistants and (21) Medical Assistant Intermediates to ensure optimal clinical flow and nursing support for all the Transplant Taubman Clinics, including Lung Office, Transplant Pediatric offices and Five Outreach clinics
- Maintains work schedules, reviews timesheets for accuracy and assists with performance evaluations for other Medical Assistants
- Assist in the hiring process, provides in service training, acts as a preceptor and coach’s performance of other Medical Assistants
- Collaborate with leadership to ensure effective clinical operations
Qualifications for senior medical assistant
- Experience / training in geriatric oncology
- ACLS as required by privileges granted through Medical Staff Services
- Moderate standing/walking, lifting,positioning, pushing and/or transferring patients
- Demonstrated active listening, written, verbal & information technology skills
- Familiarity with Michigan Medicine's electronic medical record systems
- High school diploma or equivalent is required upon date of hire or job transfer date
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior medical assistant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior medical assistant
- Performs and assists with clinical procedures and direct patient care
- Oversees the responsibility of checking the vessel logs from past Transplants done
- Estimate clinic requirements
- Oversees the ordering and maintaining of medication supply for the clinic
- Monthly Medication Review
- Assist in maintaining clinic for JCAHO readiness
- Assist with clinic Lean projects and Daily Huddles
- Applies highly developed project management, administrative, and customer service skills to complete activities
- Responsible to identify solutions and alternatives within established policies requiring analytical thought
- Prepare periodic reports pertaining to unit operations or business monitoring assignments
Qualifications for senior medical assistant
- Must be familiar with diagnostic ICD-9-CM coding and HCPCS-CPT-4 procedure codes
- Must score 85% on pre-employment spelling test
- Must be able to demonstrate basic patient skills and skill in the use of supplies and assigned equipment
- Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, families, and Parkland staff
- Must be detail oriented, possess basic mathematical skills, and have sharp analytical skills to resolve registration issues as they relates to multiple groups including third party payors, physicians, patients and Parkland
- Formal education in a health care field
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Senior Medical Assistant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of senior medical assistant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior medical assistant
- Will access, input and/or maintain data
- Will provide basic office orientation to new members of the department
- Prepare written materials as directed by supervisor(s)
- Acts as department expert with software packages including Microsoft™ Excel, Microsoft™ Word and Microsoft™ PowerPoint
- Composes and reviews correspondence requiring an understanding of department business issues, specialized vocabulary, and technical terminology
- Ensures materials and information are accurately distributed in a timely manner
- Will be responsible for maintaining and coordinating office machines, equipment, maintenance, office supplies, and invoices
- Arranges meetings/manages schedules for supervisor and other principals, including travel plans
- Receives or obtains information to develop meeting agendas
- Record meeting minutes and prepares summary of proceedings
Qualifications for senior medical assistant
- Prepares and distributes materials for meetings
- Minimum of three (3) years of combined experience in an Administrative Assistant and/or Finance position
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or completion of administrative certifications such as the
- Combined experience with SAP and/or Oracle
- Experience with writing written materials as directed by supervisor(s), which included visual presentation materials using financial analytics and graphics
- Minimum of five (5) years of combined administrative assistant, secretarial and/or clerical experience