MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Responsibilities

• Assists with the preparation of patients prior to seeing practitioners
• Assists the practitioners with patient care in the conduct of clinical examinations and materials preparation; i.e. dressing changes, Pap Smear, etc.
• Acts as a translator for patients as needed
• Takes vital signs, administers tuberculin tests, and performs procedures for specimen collection, routine eye screening, hearing tests, hematocrit, urinalysis, and urine culture
• Performs EKG and simple laboratory procedures
• Distributes lab reports to practitioners for review
• Provides patient counseling regarding procedures (Ex. lab tests)
• Maintains inventories and stocking of supplies in examination rooms, nursing and lab areas
• Maintains logs of required data as needed
• Acts as the patient’s advocate and liaison for the preservation of patient's rights
• Participates in off-site screening projects as needed
• Participates in departmental QA and other patient-related committees as needed
• Participates in outreach and community screenings as needed
• Participates in case management and patient surveys in maintaining quality assurance
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Certified Medical Assistant required
• Basic CPR (BCLS) Certification required
• Two years of experience working in the health care field required
• Capacity for covering Medical Assistants at all sites as needed required
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/Creole required

Salary

$23.00-$25.00 an hour

More Information

This is a non-exempt position
The Harmony Healthcare Long Island provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, sexual preference and orientation, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap/disability in each aspect of the human resources function.
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation.
The Harmony Healthcare Long Island shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.