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Medical Assistant Scribe
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Northwell Health .
Base pay range: $36,980.00/yr – $55,690.00/yr.
Job Description Performs patient care under the physician/nurse’s direct supervision. Duties include, but are not limited to, preparing patients for physician, administering, obtaining and recording diagnostic laboratory test results, and entering information into the patient’s electronic or written chart. Ensures medical records are accurate, complete and meet medical coding requirements. Assists in coordinating organization of care to meet patient needs. Performs a variety of clerical functions such as filing of paper medical records, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, photocopying, answering phones, and assuring efficient flow of patients through the suite.
Responsibilities
Collaborates with members of the health‑care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient; records reason for visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
Enters and documents information from the patient visit into the patient’s electronic medical record or written chart.
Performs vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures (including head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing); documents findings in the medical record.
Collects and assists providers in collection of specimens using appropriate infection‑control protocols; completes requisitions, labels and routes specimens according to standard procedure.
Performs and documents daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed; informs the supervisor when inaccurate controls are noted.
Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy in accordance with provider orders; adheres to infection‑control standards including hand hygiene, use of PPE, isolation of patients with infectious disease, and equipment disinfection/sterilization.
Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations (e.g., lumbar puncture, pelvic exam) following appropriate protocols such as infection‑control, universal protocol, and patient identification; secures supplies, ensures patient is properly undressed and draped, provides instruments to physicians, holds patient as required, and assists patient after procedure/examination.
Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stocks assigned rooms and cupboards and ensures par levels of supplies are maintained; checks and completes required logs and equipment including refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, sample medications, AED, suction, and other required checks.
May participate in pre‑visit chart preparation by ensuring required lab results and documentation are available in the medical record for practitioner review (for practices using paper medical records).
Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED, required.
Successful completion of a 6‑month to 1‑year course in Medical Assisting at an approved school, required.
Working knowledge of medical terminology, CPT and ICD‑9 coding, required.
Schedule Mon 11:00‑7:30; Tue‑Fri 8:30‑5:00; one Saturday per month.
Location Islandia with occasional travel to Stony Brook for at least 2 days per week.
Specialty OBGYN
Preferences
Scribe experience preferred.
Senior Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Other
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
EEO Statement Northwell Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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Medical Assistant Scribe
role at
Northwell Health .
Base pay range: $36,980.00/yr – $55,690.00/yr.
Job Description Performs patient care under the physician/nurse’s direct supervision. Duties include, but are not limited to, preparing patients for physician, administering, obtaining and recording diagnostic laboratory test results, and entering information into the patient’s electronic or written chart. Ensures medical records are accurate, complete and meet medical coding requirements. Assists in coordinating organization of care to meet patient needs. Performs a variety of clerical functions such as filing of paper medical records, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, photocopying, answering phones, and assuring efficient flow of patients through the suite.
Responsibilities
Collaborates with members of the health‑care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient; records reason for visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
Enters and documents information from the patient visit into the patient’s electronic medical record or written chart.
Performs vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures (including head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing); documents findings in the medical record.
Collects and assists providers in collection of specimens using appropriate infection‑control protocols; completes requisitions, labels and routes specimens according to standard procedure.
Performs and documents daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed; informs the supervisor when inaccurate controls are noted.
Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy in accordance with provider orders; adheres to infection‑control standards including hand hygiene, use of PPE, isolation of patients with infectious disease, and equipment disinfection/sterilization.
Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations (e.g., lumbar puncture, pelvic exam) following appropriate protocols such as infection‑control, universal protocol, and patient identification; secures supplies, ensures patient is properly undressed and draped, provides instruments to physicians, holds patient as required, and assists patient after procedure/examination.
Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stocks assigned rooms and cupboards and ensures par levels of supplies are maintained; checks and completes required logs and equipment including refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, sample medications, AED, suction, and other required checks.
May participate in pre‑visit chart preparation by ensuring required lab results and documentation are available in the medical record for practitioner review (for practices using paper medical records).
Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED, required.
Successful completion of a 6‑month to 1‑year course in Medical Assisting at an approved school, required.
Working knowledge of medical terminology, CPT and ICD‑9 coding, required.
Schedule Mon 11:00‑7:30; Tue‑Fri 8:30‑5:00; one Saturday per month.
Location Islandia with occasional travel to Stony Brook for at least 2 days per week.
Specialty OBGYN
Preferences
Scribe experience preferred.
Senior Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Other
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
EEO Statement Northwell Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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