About Us
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Medical Assistant - Oakland Pain Consultants
The Medical Assistant supports physicians and clinical staff in a pain management setting by providing high-quality patient care, assisting with procedures, and ensuring efficient clinical operations. This role requires strong clinical skills, attention to detail, and a compassionate approach to patients experiencing chronic pain.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the provider.
- Obtain and record in the electronic health record intake information such as chief complaint, past medical history, current medications, vital signs, and test results.
- Maintain patient care areas by keeping them clean and stocked.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a provider.
- Authorize drug refills and communicate prescription information to pharmacies
- Answer patient portal questions, assist with patient requests as needed
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or provider instructions to patients or family members
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, scheduling appointments, assisting with follow-up phone calls, etc.
- Assist with procedures
- Prioritize and multitask to accommodate the needs of any provider
- Able to recognize signs of an emergency and notify provider and/or nurse manager in real time
- Prep provider schedules for the following business day, assist with quality measure tracking and reporting
- Enter, transcribe, record, or maintain patient health information in electronic form
- Assist with training new hires during their orientation period
- Compliance training
- High School Diploma or GED
- Exceptional communication skills
- Ability to work with all ages of patients
- BLS CPR certification – (preferred)
- Certified Medical Assistant CMA (preferred)
- Experience in pain management (preferred)
- Previous use of Athena EHR – (preferred)
- Prior experience working as a medical assistant/scribe (required)
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
