Medical Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Assist the doctor with a variety of administrative tasks including scheduling, billing, and documentation.
• Work with patients suffering from physical, emotional, or mental illness.
• Guide patients into exam rooms and prepare them for examination, and assist provider with the examination when appropriate.
• Maintain clean and stocked rooms, orderly medical office and care for equipment.
• Assist in training students and other medical assistants.
• Answer questions from patients and explain details of treatment plans to them.
• Gather and organize medical files
• Gather vitals, lab specimens, spirometry, EKG’s, schedule tests and consults by other providers.
• Draw blood samples or administer vaccinations and immunizations.
• Answer and return phone calls and handle clinical concerns (regarding lab questions, prescription refills, homecare follow-up, etc.).
• Process incoming specimens in-house, and coordinate pick up of outside labs.
• Complete morning and nightly checklists.
• Must be English/Spanish Bilingual. Fluent in Spanish (speaking, writing, listening)

Schedule:

• Our clinics are open Monday-Saturday. MA normally works 10 hour shifts 4 day per week and some Saturdays.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• EMR systems: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• Certified Medical Assistant (Preferred)

Language:

• Must be English/Spanish Bilingual. Fluent in Spanish (speaking, writing, listening)