Job Summary: Looking for an enthusiastic medical assistant who is a team player to join the Olson Pediatrics Team! This role is for someone looking to provide basic medical support to children, often alongside a pediatrician or Family Doctor. Their duties include communicating with children of different abilities and developmental levels about their symptoms, talking to patients and their families about medical issues and recording the child’s vital signs and lab results.

Responsibilities

Prepare for clinic to include looking at schedule and anticipating patients’ needs like vaccines, Tier 1 or 2 patient, medications, type of insurance etc.

Organize, clean, and prepare exam room

Check in patients, evaluating their symptoms and checking their vital signs

Complete diagnostic tests

Administer vaccines, medications, and minor procedures

Coordinate follow-up medical care

Educate family members on treatment options

Provide phone triage within scope or as indicated by providers for patients that include addressing issues, scheduling patients, and routing encounters to appropriate Provider pool

Coordinate care as a care team with the Provider they are assigned to

Manage Provider patient schedule, while guiding Front Desk staff for patient scheduling needs

Provide all care to patients as needed and in assistance to Provider

Attend Clinical and Quality Improvement Meetings

Other tasks as assigned by Clinic Manager

Qualifications

Currently Certified or Registered Medical Assistant

Previous experience as a medical assistant is preferred

Excellent interpersonal and client care skills

First aid/CPR certification required