Medical Assistant

Overview

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation 

Position: Medical AssistantLocation: West Orange, NJSchedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday  9AM - 5PM

Compensation: $ 22 - $28 Per hour  (Based on Experience)

 

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas. 

 

We support your career growth and personal well-being:

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing a friendly, welcoming, and confidential environment for patients. Additional duties include:

• Secures and/or assists in patient transfers necessary for physical examinations.
• Takes vital signs on patients – blood pressure, pulse, respirations and temperature as requested by physicians and RN and enters information in the EMR system.
• Interviews patients to obtain current medications, review of systems, past medical history, family history and documents information into the EMR for physician review.
• Assists the RN as necessary with patient clinic flow. Under direction of RN, assists in management of patient care.
• Assists patients with discharge recommendations and follow thru (therapy and clinical order follow-up information and directions). 
• Performs scanning of medical office documentation into EMR as necessary to complete patient’s medical records. Under MD and/or RN direction, creates physician correspondence.
• Forwards messages to physician via the EMR systems and performs follow-up to messages received from physicians and department staff.
• Communicates information to RN and clerical staff regarding physician and patient information.
• Assists with clinical flow such as placing patients in exam rooms, cleaning in exam rooms and setting up between patients.
• Assists in maintaining and stocking of clinical rooms.
• Assists in clinic for weighing of patients and/or patient and equipment as requested for patient care.
• Provides clerical support to department including answering phone calls, taking messages and giving messages to appropriate person, typing, organization of medical records, filing, use of office equipment, scheduling of x-ray requesting, lab requisitions.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Medical office experience and/or experience working with physicians in direct patient care required

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification of Medical Assistant training preferred
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
• Experience within a physical rehabilitation setting preferred