Nuvance Health
Medical Assistant - NHMP Norwalk Neurology - Norwalk, CT
Nuvance Health, Norwalk, Connecticut, us, 06860
Medical Assistant - NHMP Norwalk Neurology - Norwalk, CT
Full time / 40 hours per week, eight‑hour shifts Monday–Friday (7:45 am–5:15 pm).
Pay range $20.70 /hr – $33.48 /hr.
Sign‑On Bonus $2,000 (External hires only).
Summary Provides clinical and clerical support to assure smooth daily department operations in assigned medical practice or practices. Assures that the patient and examination area is properly prepared.
Responsibilities
Greets patients and escorts them from the waiting room to the clinical area. Performs all necessary intake activities and documents appropriate information including vital signs, current medications, allergies, and verifies EMR details.
Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record, including demographics, medication history, and social and medical history.
Provides clerical and secretarial work associated with patient care. Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers and completes paperwork such as disability documentation and scanning of pertinent patient information.
Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation process as assigned.
Ensures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked; performs environmental rounds on a weekly/monthly basis as assigned.
Prepares patients for scheduled visits, assisting with gowns, paperwork, supplies, and educational materials.
Conducts in‑office testing as directed by the provider; coordinates testing and outside ancillary services as applicable.
Collects, prepares, and processes specimens as directed by the provider; logs results and reconciles in the patient record.
Maintains inventory and ensures proper upkeep, cleaning, and testing of medical equipment and supplies; fills out appropriate logs.
Coaches and educates colleagues in office procedures and techniques.
Performs pathology and other audits as assigned by supervisor.
Demonstrates and maintains practice‑based competencies for in‑office surgical procedures under RN direction.
Interacts with patients and colleagues in accordance with Western Connecticut Medical Group service excellence standards.
Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
Maintains and models Nuvance Health Foundational Values (Personal, Imaginative, Agile, Connected).
Performs other duties as required.
Required qualifications
Data entry skills.
High school diploma or GED plus one year of Medical Assistant/Secretary experience, or a new graduate of a Medical Assistant program, or Nursing Assistant training program, or EMT certification, or three years of job‑related experience in a medical office.
Basic medical knowledge and terminology; skilled in obtaining accurate vital signs.
Minimum of one year of experience; CPR certification preferred; bilingual preferred.
Benefits / Information Salary range: $20.70 – $33.48 per hour (based on relative experience).
EEO, including disability and veterans.
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Pay range $20.70 /hr – $33.48 /hr.
Sign‑On Bonus $2,000 (External hires only).
Summary Provides clinical and clerical support to assure smooth daily department operations in assigned medical practice or practices. Assures that the patient and examination area is properly prepared.
Responsibilities
Greets patients and escorts them from the waiting room to the clinical area. Performs all necessary intake activities and documents appropriate information including vital signs, current medications, allergies, and verifies EMR details.
Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record, including demographics, medication history, and social and medical history.
Provides clerical and secretarial work associated with patient care. Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers and completes paperwork such as disability documentation and scanning of pertinent patient information.
Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation process as assigned.
Ensures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked; performs environmental rounds on a weekly/monthly basis as assigned.
Prepares patients for scheduled visits, assisting with gowns, paperwork, supplies, and educational materials.
Conducts in‑office testing as directed by the provider; coordinates testing and outside ancillary services as applicable.
Collects, prepares, and processes specimens as directed by the provider; logs results and reconciles in the patient record.
Maintains inventory and ensures proper upkeep, cleaning, and testing of medical equipment and supplies; fills out appropriate logs.
Coaches and educates colleagues in office procedures and techniques.
Performs pathology and other audits as assigned by supervisor.
Demonstrates and maintains practice‑based competencies for in‑office surgical procedures under RN direction.
Interacts with patients and colleagues in accordance with Western Connecticut Medical Group service excellence standards.
Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
Maintains and models Nuvance Health Foundational Values (Personal, Imaginative, Agile, Connected).
Performs other duties as required.
Required qualifications
Data entry skills.
High school diploma or GED plus one year of Medical Assistant/Secretary experience, or a new graduate of a Medical Assistant program, or Nursing Assistant training program, or EMT certification, or three years of job‑related experience in a medical office.
Basic medical knowledge and terminology; skilled in obtaining accurate vital signs.
Minimum of one year of experience; CPR certification preferred; bilingual preferred.
Benefits / Information Salary range: $20.70 – $33.48 per hour (based on relative experience).
EEO, including disability and veterans.
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