Main Areas of Responsibility:
Under the direction of the Clinical Nursing Supervisor, the Medical Assistant provides patient care and other related clinical, laboratory, technical and support activities to physicians, midlevel practitioners, and nurses who provide direct patient care at La Familia Medical Center (LFMC).
Additional Areas of Responsibility:
Interviews and conducts preliminary assessment and triage of patients to determine reasons for visit, obtains health history and checks pulse, temperature, blood pressure, weight, height, respiration, vision and hearing as needed and records data on patient chart; reports any vital sign variations from the last clinic visit to the medical provider;
Cleans, stocks, and prepares equipment for examination rooms, nurse’s stations, pharmacy, and laboratory as needed; Maintains office and medical supplies,