Medical Assistant - Jobs in Mississauga, Ontario, L5B

Job Description

Welcome to Square One Medical Clinic!We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate medical assistant to join our well-established medical clinic in the heart of downtown Mississauga.Responsibilities:

• Working closely with multiple board-certified physicians.
• Perform nursing procedures under the supervision of a physician.
• Assist physicians in exam rooms.
• Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature, and document all information in the patient’s E-Chart.
• Administer allergy shots, vitamin B12 injections, and other vaccinations that patients won’t have to wait for a family physician to do.
• Prepare an E-Chart for the physician before the patient is seen.
• Update the physician before he/she sees the patient.
• Perform certain procedures, such as blood draws, and wart removal.
• Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls.
• Be able to direct patients who need urgent attention.
• Call patients with abnormal labs and determine a return-to-office plan for those who need urgent attention and those who can wait to be seen and those who can get treatment over the phone.

Knowledge:

• Healthcare field and medical specialty.
• Medical terminology.
• Grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Knowledge of working in an EMR environment.

Skills:

• Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette.
• Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow.
• The ability to perform phlebotomy and administer injections.
• Oscar EMR is an asset.

Education:

• Medical background (nurse).
• Medical assistant certification (an asset).
• EMR training.

We look forward to you joining our team at Square One Medical!