Medical Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.

Abilities:

• High-level of multi-tasking
• Time management skills
• Team player
• Follow step-by-step procedures
• Personable
• Full Time Position Monday- Friday

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting of patients, manual and finger dexterity, and hand-eye coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to fifty (50) pounds
• Requires corrected vision, hearing, and speech within normal ranges
• Requires working under stressful conditions and sometimes irregular hours
• Potential contact with bloodborne pathogens, bodily secretions, etc.

About Suntree Internal Medicine:

We are a large private internal medicine practice located in Melbourne, Florida. We are an equal opportunity employer and we believe that education and training are a key part of success. Our values are to bring Sincerity, Inspiration, and Mastery into the workplace. We offer benefits, paid time off, and holidays after the 90-day probation period review. 

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