Job Description

Job Location: Pima - Vascular Suite - Tucson, AZ 85718
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: High School Diploma/GED
Salary Range: $19.15 - $23.12 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Up to 50%
Job Shift: Day
Job Category: Other PositionsUS Heart and Vascular is in need of a Primary Medical Assistant to join our team at Pima Heart and Vascular in Tucson, AZ to assist Provider(s) in daily operations of his/her clinic and patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height and records information in patients’ charts.
- Work with the medical assistant tech to ensure patients are roomed in a timely manner
- Operates electrocardiograph (EKG), treadmill, and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic test
- Fill out testing orders per physician
- Send out prescriptions per physician orders
- Orders & explain testing to the patient
- Gives injections or treatments and performs routine laboratory tests
- Set up procedures with hospitals to include filling out hospital form and faxing them back
- Review procedure and instructions with the patient
- Escort patients to check-out
- Check voicemails & enter messages into NextGen
- Return patient calls/tasks, even if only to acknowledge receipt of the voicemail, and that an answer is being sought
- Ensure that charts have been checked and the proper paperwork is included
- Prepare bag for travel to satellite clinics
- Other related duties as assigned
- Travel is required

Requirements:
- Completion of a Medical Assistant program is required
- Cardiac Experience is preferred but not required
- Knowledge in medical terminology
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