Sal Psychiatry Services
Medical Assistant
Part Time • NORWALK
Job description
We are seeking a Certified Medical Assistant to become a part of our team! You will perform routine administrative and clinical assignments to keep the medical facility running smoothly.
Responsibilities:
- Handle all administrative duties in a timely manner
- Perform routine clinical tasks to support medical staff
- Communicate with insurance companies for proper billing procedures
- Escort patients to exam rooms
- insurance verification
- injections
- drug screening
- vital signs
- Answering phone
- appointment scheduling
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in healthcare administration or other related fields
- Mental health a plus
- psychiatry
- Familiarity with medical billing procedures
- Strong organizational skills
Core Responsibilities
- Has a contagious and positive work ethic, inspires others, and models the behaviors of Genuine, Caring, and Friendly.
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication that is clear, well-organized, and demonstrates an understanding of audience needs.
- Through genuine and positive communication, makes each customer feel informed, understood, and special.
- An effective team player who contributes valuable ideas and feedback and can be counted on to meet commitments.
- Is able to keep up in a challenging environment by facing tasks and challenges with energy and passion.
- Pursues activities with focus and drive, defines work in terms of success, and can be counted on to complete goals.
- Adherence to standards of business conduct and compliance.
Major Responsibilities
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height, and records information on patients' charts.
- Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
- Drapes patients with covering and positions instruments and equipment.
- Hands instruments and materials to doctor as directed.
- Cleans and sterilizes instruments.
- Inventories and orders medical supplies and materials.
- Gives injections or treatments, and performs routine laboratory tests.
- Keys data into computer to maintain office and patient records.
- Assist doctors with charting
- Chart auditing, CPT and ICD-9 review
- Venipunctures, EKG's, Vital Signs, Blood draws, and Injections
- Prep patients for examination and treatment, and assist during minor office procedures
- Prepare exam and treatment rooms (instrument preparation and sterilization, prescription refills, faxing, and filing)
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Qualifications
- Medical Assistant experience
- CPT I certification
- Experience performing EKGs, blood draws, vital signs and IM injections.
- Ability to work well under pressure and be quick on your feet
- Neat and professional appearance
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Vocational certificate in Medical Assistant
- Working Conditions Center-Based. Requires working in a clinical setting. The noise level is moderate and there is a potential for exposure to infectious diseases and blood-borne pathogens. The ability to stand and sit for hours at a time, (with some bending and stooping), ability to use manual dexterity in relation to clinical requirements, and ability to lift 50 lbs.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Medical specialties:
- Psychiatry
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work setting:
- Clinic
- In-person
- Medical office
- Office
- Outpatient
- Private practice
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Norwalk, CA 90650: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- EMR systems: 1 year (Required)
- Vital signs: 1 year (Required)
- Insurance verification: 2 years (Required)
- Mental health: 1 year (Required)
Language:
- Spanish (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- Certified Medical Assistant (Required)
- EKG (Required)
Work Location: In person
Compensation: $19.00 - $22.00 per hour
Salisu Aikoye, MD, is a double board-certified adult and addiction psychiatrist. At Sal Psychiatry Services, located in Norwalk, California, they adhere to strict controlled substance protocol.
Dr. Salisu attended medical school at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and completed his psychiatry residency at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Nigeria. Dr. Salisu then completed a psychiatry residency at Central Michigan University, Saginaw, and completed his addiction psychiatry fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles/VA.
Dr. Salisu also obtained a master’s in public health at the University of Southern California with a special interest in global mental health.
He is a passionate and well-rounded psychiatrist known for his excellent listening skills, knowledge of psychiatry/dual diagnoses, and ability to work well with diverse patient populations.
Dr. Salisu promotes evidence-based biological treatments with an emphasis on the role of psychotherapy in mental health care. He has years of experience working with veterans with PTSD and works well with all patients without bias or stigma. It is the great joy of his life to help and treat patients.
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