Medical Assistant Position in Mesa; Primary Care/ Behavioral Health; US-60/Stapley

Duties

• Provides ongoing services as a medical assistant to patients in need of medical services for the purpose of establishing and reaching appropriate treatment goals.
• Prepares patients for examinations, takes medical histories, assists the physician during the examination, explains medical procedures to patients.
• Collaborates with the behavioral health and other specialty care offices to coordinate appropriate client information.
• Follows up on the pharmacy, clients, staff, and all other parties' phone calls and coordinates a response based on consultations with the medical staff.
• Answers phones, schedules appointments, greets patients, and may create correspondence.
• May assume any, or all, of the general clerical duties within the office.
• Follows up on clients' requests via phone/letter at the direction of medical practitioners, coordinating with the involved parties on behalf of the client.
• Updates patient files, schedules medical tests, and arranges for hospital admissions.
• Follows up on missed medical appointments to appropriately re-engage the patients.
• Sets up appropriate patient documentation, applications, forms that comply with agency guidelines, audit tools, best professional practices, and state licensing regulations.
• Completes client documentation within established guidelines, including but not limited to completing progress notes on the date of service; completing medical intake paperwork and submitting on the date of service.

Qualifications

• Full-time position: 40 hours/week
• Located near Stapley Dr/US 60
• Full benefits package, including 401K
• Generous PTO/sick time (4+ weeks)
• Plus 1 floating holiday
• Integrated care location - primary care and mental health services on site
• Primary care experience is a plus
• NextGen experience is a plus
• Excellent compensation ($17.87-$21+/hour, depending on years of MA experience)
• Additional language differential pay available: Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Farsi, Swahili, or ASL: $1/hour (approximately $2,080 annually)

Benefits

• Medical insurance - PPO and HDHP spending accounts (HSA, FSA, LPFSA, DCFSA)
• Critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity
• Dental & orthodontia and vision
• Voluntary life/AD&D and short and long-term disability insurance
• Identity theft, prepaid legal, pet insurance
• PTO: 4 weeks + holidays (PTO accrued from 1st day of employment)
• 1 floating holiday
• 401K
• Employee assistance program
• GCU tuition discount for employees and dependents
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus (additional language differential pay)

Pay

• $17.87-$21+/hour, depending on years of MA experience

Schedule

• Full-time: 40 hours/week