Medical Assistant: Gynecology

Basic Skills:

• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Social Skills:

• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Teaching others how to do something.
• Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Complex Problem Solving Skills:

• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills:

• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

System Skills:

• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

General Office Duties:

• Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
• Complete patient intake in the EMR timely and with accuracy. Relay any relevant medical information to the provider.
• Schedule hospital procedures.
• Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.

Resource Management Skills:

• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Motivating people as they work.
• Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Computer Skills:

• Databases - Using a computer application to manage large amounts of information, inputting data, retrieving specific records, and creating reports to communicate the information.
• Navigation - Using scroll bars, a mouse, and dialog boxes to work within the computer's operating system. Being able to access and switch between applications and files of interest.
• Presentations - Navigating the Internet to find information, including the ability to open and configure standard browsers; use searches, hypertext references, and transfer protocols; and send and retrieve electronic mail (e-mail).
• Word Processing - Using a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing documents

Tasks:

• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, height and blood pressure.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician or medical provider.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies at the direction of the physician.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Document all in house laboratory tests in the test log at time of testing.
• Maintain laboratory cleanliness and dispose of any/all samples once the testing has been completed. Liaise with Quest Lab Tech to ensure all samples that need to be sent out to the external lab have an order and are disposed of once the order has been processed.
• Contact patients regarding outstanding treatment or incomplete orders from the provider. Document your actions and the patient’s response in the medical record. Update the provider as needed.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Maintain and enforce HIPAA regulations at all times
• Other duties as assigned by Practice Administrator or Physicians based on needs of the office.

Work Activities:

• Assisting and Caring for Others
• administer injections
• administer medications or treatments
• assist in examining or treating medical patients
• collect specimens from patients
• draw blood
• conduct medical tests
• prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
• take vital signs
• work with persons with mental disabilities or illnesses
• Documenting/Recording Information
• record medical history or data
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• maintain medical records
• transcribe spoken or written information
• take messages
• maintain telephone logs
• Getting Information
• collect clinical data
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Physicians
• Interacting With Computers
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• ensure correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
• Provide Customer Service

Tools

• Hypodermic needle
• Mercury blood pressure units
• Blood collection needle
• Butterfly needles
• Capillary or hematocrit tubes
• Dropping pipettes
• Filing cabinets or accessories
• Franking or postage machines
• Lap mayo trays or mayo stands for surgical use or accessories
• Printers
• Fax machine
• Medical acoustic stethoscope or accessory
• Medical gas cylinders or related devices
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Medical staple or clip removers
• Medical syringe with needle
• Medical syringe without needle
• Notebook computers
• Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies
• Personal computers
• Phlebotomy trays or accessories
• Scanners
• Specimen collection container
• Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
• Suture removers
• Tablet computers
• Tourniquets
• Wheelchairs
• Technology
• Medical software
• Electronic mail software
• Office suite software
• Calendar and scheduling software
• Categorization or classification software
• Internet browser software
• Spreadsheet software
• Time accounting software

Location: 8316 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 610, Fairfax, VA 22031

Schedule and Pay Rate:

• Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Friday 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• $22 - $25 per/hr depending on experience