Family Health Matters (FHM) is a rapidly growing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving families and the community in Anaheim, CA and surrounding areas. As an FQHC we serve all people with quality healthcare, dignity, and respect. Among our wide array of services, we offer comprehensive primary care, OB-GYN, vision and mental/behavioral health, patient navigation and outreach and enrollment services.

Our team is seeking an energetic, compassionate, and highly organized Medical Assistant to join the team! The Medical Assistant works closely with patients and clinical teams to create positive patient experiences in support of Family Health Matters Community Health Center's mission to work in partnership with our community to improve the lifelong health and well-being of our patients.

The best candidate for this position:

• is bilingual in Spanish with a knowledge of medical terminology
• Medical Assistant certificate from an accredited program and current BLS certification
• is experienced with the Vaccines for Children Program
• has previous experience working in a medical clinic or healthcare environment
• has reliable attendance and a positive attitude at all times to coworkers and patients and is a dependable, self-motivated and a proactive team player

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Specific duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Assist and support the clinical care team members with the delivery of patient care in accordance to the Medical Assistant scope of practice
• Maintains patient medical records, updating patient medical history, status including vital signs, medical treatments and medication provided.
• Reconcile information such as allergies, medications, immunizations and dates of screening exams.
• Prepares for patient visits. Reviews the patient’s medical record for completeness, including requests for labs, referrals and correspondence (i.e. ER discharge notes). Verifies and ensures necessary reports are present. Updates provider and care team as needed.
• Performs clinical procedures, in-house labs and injections under supervision of Provider.
• Maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow, rooms stocked with adequate supplies and maintain instruments.

Benefits: Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, vacation and sick leave.

Disclaimer: The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for performance of this job. It is not to be considered as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities and skills required.

All qualified candidates will be subject to an employment/criminal background check and must be able to provide proof of required vaccinations which include: COVID-19 Vaccination, TB Test, Annual Flu vaccination and MMR. Required Proof of COVID-19 Vaccine & Booster OR qualify for 1 of the 2 COVID Vaccine Exemptions with weekly rapid testing requirement as per clinic policy. FHM will provide vaccines to new employee's if needed at no cost.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work setting:

• In-person

Experience:

• Medical Assisting: 3 years (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

Work Location: In person