UPMC Altoona Regional Health System is hiring a full-time Medical Assistant I - Call Center. This role will work Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm. Upon completion of the training period, this position would have the option to work from home 50% of the time. This position answers all incoming phone calls in the call center and respond to the patient with the physicians answers. **Responsibilities:** + Follows OSHA recommendations regarding housekeeping duties. + Handles incoming calls from patients regarding illness, requests for medications/refills etc.; documents information per policy and procedure. Information is then forwarded to appropriate physician. + Documents appropriately. + Calls for reports, as needed, from facilities and getting them to the departments necessary to make them available to the providers. + Handles outgoing calls to patients with the responses from the providers, including calling or faxing prescriptions. + Gives patients complete information regarding any test or procedures being performed, including any preparation requirements. + Handles the emails from patients and the responses back from the providers. + Schedule, by telephone, appointments for patients as requested by incoming calls from patients or providers. Must follow parameters listed by each physician. + Occasionally schedules physician referrals, and lab and diagnostic studies done at the hospital and other facilities. + Handles incoming and outgoing faxes to and from facilities and pharmacies. + Graduate of an approved medical assisting program. + Six months related experience preferred. + Must have the ability to communicate with patients; listening to symptoms/complaints and effectively give patients instructions and explaining procedures. + Must have the ability to relay information to co-workers and physicians **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** + Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) OR Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**