Ambulatory Care Assistant/Medical Assistant
Provides compassionate patient care and clinical support to providers in outpatient surgical department, as well as urology, bariatrics, and medical weight management. Communicates within team and between patients, providers, and nursing and administrative staff.- Takes vital signs and records visit information in EMR (Epic software)- Administers vaccines to patients, performs blood draws and bladder scans, dresses wounds,and completes urinalysis dipsticks- Assists with in-clinic procedures and acts as chaperone during medical examinations- Transports patients as needed to ED or hospital floor. Coordinates hospital admissions perprovider orders and communicates reports of direct admit patients to floor nurses