Description

Are you looking to pick up hours? We're looking for a PRN Medical Assistant to fill in 

Essential Responsibilities:

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborates with the Nurse throughout each shift to determine work assignments and priorities, as well as communicating the status of delegated task completion and outcome of patient data findings

• Maintains timely, ongoing verbal communication in order to assure good care of patients and the effective running of the clinic

• Responsible for collecting, collating and entering required data and information into the applicable database or format in an accurate and timely manner

• Treats each patient in a manner that preserves and supports patient confidentiality, patient rights, and patient dignity

• Checks inventories on a weekly basis, orders and stocks supplies

• Assists any patient with personal hygiene as needed

• Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment

• Escorts patients to off-site appointments as assigned by supervisor

• Facilitates patient transportation

• Assists with copying, faxing and filing as needed

• Phone coverage and triage of calls when necessary

• Ability and willingness to perform medical assistant duties at mobile clinic sites

• Performs additional duties as driver when assigned to mobile clinic

• Performs other duties as required

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Basic Knowledge/Skills:

• Basic knowledge of medical terminology

• Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training course

• Able to obtain vital signs accurately

• Ability to use personal computer for recording patient data /history

• Proficient in reading and writing skills in English

• Excellent communication and customer service skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment

• Demonstrated interest in working with an underserved population

Experience

• 1 year of MA experience.

• High school diploma or GED (preferred but not required)

• Experience in a medical environment highly desirable

• Bi-lingual communicative skills necessary

• CPR/BLS certification

• Requires a current Arizona state driver’s license