MEDICAL ASSISTANT - FULL-TIME, MONDAY-FRIDAY, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

About the role

Accountable for providing a full range of administrative and medical support responsibilities in a community health setting.

Responsibilities

• Escorts patients to exam room and prepared for MD or APRN
• Verifies patient information by interviewing the patient, recording medical history, review of medications, screening tools; confirms purpose of the visit and enters into medical record.
• Accurately obtains and records vital signs.
• Performs office procedures including but not limited to CLIA waived point of care testing, EKG, phlebotomy, and spirometry as ordered by a medical provider.
• Maintains effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow in accordance with agency standards
• Ensures lab results are reviewed and signed by provider and disseminated as needed.
• May conduct client education groups and training as directed by provider and/or supervisor.
• Will participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team in the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of client’s treatment or health/mental health care plans.
• Maintains medical office instruments, equipment, and supplies and ensures cleanliness of equipment and environment in compliance with regulatory and agency standards.
• Maintains all logs and required checks (e.g., refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, eye wash station)
• Conducts pre-visit planning by reviewing and updating patient charts prior to appointment and determines needed services per practice protocol.
• Performs outreach to engage patients in preventative care services.
• Assists with administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, processing prior authorizations, messages, telephone calls, etc.
• Gives instructions to patients as instructed by providers.
• Performs all other duties as required.

Requirements

• High school graduate with a minimum of 5 year’s experience in a public health care setting or Medical Assistant training with two years of Public Health Care experience required.

Qualifications

• Communication
• Organization Skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Team oriented
• Must be knowledgeable in EHR, MS Word, Excel and Internet usage.
• Cultural competency
• Time Management
• Decision Making

Skills

• Knowledge of EHR, MS Word, Excel and Internet usage.

Benefits

• Work Life-Balance-Flexibility, generous Paid PTO, and paid holidays.
• Health & Dental insurance - flexible contribution options that includes 2 HDHP w/ HSA enrollment option or non-HDHP at a minimal cost to employees.
• Voluntary vision coverage.
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Basic Life & AD&D.
• Supplemental Life Insurance available.
• 401(k) with 3% employer match + 3% employer contribution after 12 months and 1,000 hours worked

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM