02/07/2022
MEDICAL ASSISTANT – 05/01/2022
Hiring a part-time medical assistant for an adult Primary Care practice (General Internal Medicine) with one physician in San Gabriel, CA. We are located next to San Gabriel Valley Medical Center on Las Tunas Drive.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Speak both Mandarin and English fluently. Cantonese also helpful.
2. Greet patients and staff with a friendly, helpful, and respectful attitude, tone, and demeanor in person or on the phone at all times. Multi-Tasker, Proactive, Self-Motivated person needed.
3. Cover Letter – Reason for Application, Qualifications, Abilities, Introduction, etc.
4. Prior Clinical/Medical Experience preferred.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Perform & Manage ALL front-office/Medical Receptionist duties, not limited to:
Understand patients' needs are the medical assistant's main priority.
Knowledgeable in computers, office electronic devices, and web-based applications and programs; Exclusive use of electronic medical records (EMR) for appointment scheduling, phone message documenting, multi-tasking, data entry, and convert documents to digital files.
Know how to communicate via email and web-based messaging with other staff members, patients, consultants, vendors, insurance representatives, etc.
Manage cash and credit card processing electronically; processing copays and invoices.
Able to verify insurance eligibility, processing inquiries, referrals/authorizations, insurance updates via web access/portals to all health plans and IPAs. Knowledge of health insurance eligibility, benefits, & coverage required.
Maintain spreadsheets for logging and documentation of referrals, prior authorizations, medical supply inventory, vaccination logs and procedure/task logs.
Fully able to manage PDF files by scanning, uploading, editing, creating, compressing, splitting, filing and sending/forwarding documents electronically.
Most importantly - must have the ability to multi-task all assigned duties on PC desktop, back-office, and front-office. In addition, assist physician as interpreter from Mandarin/Cantonese to English when needed.
Communicate & translate complex medical terminology to understandable, basic-common knowledge for patients effectively.
Perform & Manage ALL back-office/Medical Assistant duties, not limited to:
Complete and document all tasks efficiently, on-time, and follow office policies & procedures on safety, hygiene, infection control.
Take accurate vital signs manually. Competent in the following duties or willing to learn -vaccine injections; PPD placement/reading; in-office urinalysis; glucometer testing; assisting physician with medical procedures; ear lavage; wound dressing changes; operating EKG; spirometry; Pap smear; wound culture collection; pathology specimen collection; phlebotomy; administer oral topical medicines; and, but not limited to, oxygen administration.
Maintain patient flow and patient priority in office – Time Management skills REQUIRED.
Identify mistakes and readily make corrective changes and self-reminders to prevent future recurrence; Develop and improve on patient service skills.
Must be a team-player, share in all responsibilities, and assist other staff in their responsibilities/duties; taking initiative to improve the office workflow, reputation, duties.
Flexible and accepting of changes in the type and amount of work duties when deemed reasonable, appropriate, and usual within the standard medical assistant duties.
Willing and available to cover other staff. Standard work week is Monday - Friday with a minimum of 5 shifts per work week. Each shift is a minimum of 4 hours. Morning Shift: 9:00am – 1:00pm. Afternoon Shift: 1:00pm – 5:00pm.
Potential for more compensation if willing to perform additional duties such as medical coding & billing, medical transcribing, data processing/analysis, bookkeeping, administrative management functions in customer service, patient satisfaction, health performance measurements. Please include your COVER LETTER/PERSONAL STATEMENT and RESUME when responding – otherwise your application will not be considered.
Job Type: Part-time | Salary: Starting at $17.00/hour, no benefits
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Office Manager
WENCHENG JEN M.D. INC
416 W LAS TUNAS DRIVE, SUITE 305
SAN GABRIEL, CA 91776
Phone: (626) 416-3051
Fax: (626) 478-1068
WenCheng Jen MD
