Medical Assistant (Bilingual English/Spanish)

Overview: Community Health Centers (CHC) makes a difference in people’s lives. CHC is a not-for-profit health care organization with a passionate mission. That mission is to provide quality patient-centered primary care services to individuals, regardless of their ability to pay. Success in this mission requires a culture of caring, collaboration, excellence, and integrity. CHC seeks staff that are committed to these core values. CHC clinics offer pediatrics, general medicine, family planning and dentistry. Medicare, Medicaid and most private health insurances are accepted.

This position provides assistive care to patients. The incumbent facilitates the efficient delivery of patient care and supports the licensed medical staff in providing that care to the patient. This position also assists with clerical functions related to patient care. This position may be required to access and administer medications within their scope of practice and according to State Law.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures according to clinic procedures such as taking vitals and obtaining responses to standardized medical history questions.
• Performs additional skills such as giving injections and immunizations, drawing blood, new born screening, tray set-ups and preparing and maintaining labs.
• Acts as a chaperone for health care providers during patient examinations as requested and assists with all procedures.
• Monitors and cleans assigned patient exam rooms, reporting outdated supplies and stock levels. Restocks set levels of medical supplies as needed.
• Answers telephones, leaves complete messages with appropriate Clinic personnel and under the direction of licensed staff, schedules or reschedules appointments, procedures and diagnostic tests, Records. These duties may include scribing, compiling and maintaining charts, obtaining medical records from other providers, maintaining CLIA logs and entering charges for billing purposes.
• Calls in refills to pharmacy as instructed by provider; resolves all phone messages daily.
• Performs new patient registration, including setting up new patient charts and determining eligibility for sliding scale; verifies insurance status and updates all patient information.
• Interacts with the billing office on patient billing questions.
• Attends and completes mandatory education and training meetings and activities.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications(Knowledge / Skills / Abilities):

• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated phlebotomy skills.
• Demonstrated human relations and communication skills.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills.
• Ability to withstand the physical demand of being on your feet for long periods of time, of moving and lifting patients and of reaching for and handling equipment.
• An understanding that incumbents face exposure to potentially dangerous contaminated bodily fluids, blood, used needles, and other contaminants as part of the daily hazards of the job.
• Must be able to pass CHC Competency as measured by periodic competency assessments within first three months of employment.
• Must have bilingual capabilities (English/Spanish). Must be able to read, write and speak English.
• CPR Certification

• Assists in routine clerical functions, including working in the Electronic Medical