Medical Assistant

Our Company

Hospice Home Care

Overview

Our operational team members focus on efficiently meeting the needs of our clients across various lines of business. If your passion is to ensure quality care to help our clients live their best life we encourage you to apply today!

Responsibilities

• Medical Assistants help patients by providing information, services, and assistance. Other duties include securing medical records; maintaining medical supplies inventory; performing preventive maintenance to keep equipment operating

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit

• Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; reporting patient history summary

• Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential

• Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions

• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations

• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt

• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education:

• Associate degree in a medical field (bachelor's degree preferred). Two plus years of experience working for a healthcare practice or hospital

Qualifications:

• Supply Management, Verbal Communication, Infection Control, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Organization, Scheduling, Professionalism, Customer Focus, Confidentiality, Bedside Manner, Medical Teamwork

About our Line of Business

Hospice Home Care focuses on providing hospice care to local patients and their families living in Arkansas. We concentrate on managing a patient's pain and other symptoms first and foremost, while also providing emotional and spiritual support to the family. The holistic care approach to providing hospice services by the entire care team sets Hospice Home Care apart. We believe the quality of life to be as important as length of life. Hospice Home Care offers Routine Home Care, Respite, General Inpatient Care and Continuous Care. For more information about Hospice Home Care, please visit www.hospicehomecare.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.