Medical Assistant - Full Time

Overview

The Medical Assistant performs assigned administrative and clinical duties under the direction of the Practice Management, Senior Clinical Nurse and Physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments and maintaining medical records. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs, social determinants of health (SDOH) and medicalhistories, preparing patients for examination and administering medications as directed by physician.

About the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics 

Our 10 Federally Qualified Health Centers across the county serve adults and children with or without insurance and regardless of ability to pay. We also operate three mobile clinics that provide medical services for the homeless and the underserved. In 2022, we served 39,000 unique adult and pediatric patients who received high-quality comprehensive health services including medical, dental, behavioral health, psychiatric care, women’s health, pharmacy services, outpatient substance use disorder treatment, and community resource programs.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics and information such as test results in medical records.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets and physicians' instructions to patients.
• Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments and materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
• Performs certain medical procedures including taking patients’ vitals and administering subcutaneous and intramuscular injections, basic lab tests, dressing changes and suture/staple removal as needed.
• Provides lab results to physicians for review.
• Contacts patients with lab results as instructed by the physician.
• Performs essential office operations, including maintaining various logs and liaising with hospital and physician offices.
• Verifies patient’s identification in accordance with the policies and procedures.
• Interviews patients and records all gathered information in the patients chart.
• Assists the front office staff as needed.
• Prepares collected specimen for laboratory analysis, including properly completing proper lab requisition forms.
• Orders supplies and maintains the back office.  Ensures supplies are maintained and ordered in cost-effective manner.
• Maintains and monitors biohazard receptacles.
• Maintains OSHA guidelines for the department.
• Emergency duty may be required of the incumbent that includes working in Red Cross shelters or to perform other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to threats or disasters, man-made or natural. Additionally, incumbents are required to perform emergency response and management duties for Palm Beach County as required. 

Qualifications

Education:

High School Diploma or GED required. Certificate or diploma from an accredited Medical Assistant Program required.

Experience:

One (1) year experience as a Medical Assistant is preferred.

Certification:

Current ACLS or BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required. Certification from AAMA, AMT, NHA or NCCT preferred.

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.