Bilingual Certified/Registered Medical Assistant

About Us

MedLink GA is a leading healthcare provider dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care across Georgia. We are seeking a compassionate and detail-oriented Certified Medical Assistant (Bilingual English/Spanish) to join our team and support healthcare professionals in providing top-notch medical services to our community.

Responsibilities

• Treat staff, practitioners, visitors, and patients with dignity and respect.
• Interview patients to include medical history, measure vital signs, perform vision screening, etc., and record information in EHR.
• Share information gathered from patients with appropriate team members to assist in more comprehensive care of the patient.
• Assist practitioners in performing examinations as needed.
• Administer medications and injections/immunizations per practitioners' orders.
• Sterilize medical equipment and maintain it in good working order.
• Collect specimens for laboratory and perform routine in-house laboratory work.
• Prepare specimens for outside laboratory studies.
• Perform simple wound care.
• Maintain adequate supplies in exam rooms and ensure exam rooms are clean.
• Follow clinic guidelines and protocols and participate in making new ones.
• Prepare and perform paperwork and clerical duties as necessary, including answering phones and computer entry.
• Perform routine diagnostic tests (EKG, etc.) and/or schedule patients for outside diagnostic studies and consultations.
• Participate in community health and disease prevention activities.
• Participate in the corporation's Quality Improvement Program.
• Participate in daily Team Huddles with staff members as required or requested.
• Participate in staff development programs and promote team cohesiveness.
• Manage personal and staff clinical inboxes.
• Ensure timely response to appointment messages and requests via phone and portal.
• Educate patients regarding PCMH and how the care team can help patients.
• Participate as a member of a patient's care team.
• Ensure patients receive a copy of their visit summary.
• Ensure patients leave with an appointment and face no barriers regarding transportation.
• Ensure patients have an identified primary care provider.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited program of medical assisting AND one year of experience in the medical field or completion of an approved internship program OR equivalent combination of education and experience.