What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Pines Health Services?
Description
Are you ready to be part of a fun, engaging, and hardworking team? Voted one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in ME, Pines Health Services is where you want to be! Pines currently has an immediate opening for a Medical Assistant for our Caribou Health Center office in Caribou. Qualified applicants must exhibit a commitment to our vision, mission, and goals while delivering exceptional patient care. Applicants must be competent with computers, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be outstanding listeners, be problem solvers, prioritize workload, and be able to work professionally and independently. Will consider LPNs or Certified Nursing Assistants with strong clinical backgrounds.
Position Summary:
Responsible for the patients of the practice, ensuring smooth daily operations. Screens patient calls to the providers, assists providers with procedures and performs duties at work sites as designated.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to communicate verbally in a professional manner with patients, providers, and staff.
- Ability to follow directions from physician or mid-level provider.
- Ability to record patient data in electronic medical record for providers (i.e., vital signs, vision tests, histories, etc.).
- Providing patient education on medications as needed.
- Ability to process lab work, office procedures, makes appointments for diagnostic or specialty testing while educating patients about procedures and preparation for procedures.
- Prepares (to include stocking of medical supplies as needed) and cleans exam rooms for provider/patient needs.
- Completes proper sterilization of all office instruments and equipment as necessary.
- Assesses all clinical calls with provider to determine acuity.
- Must have ability to administer injections and have knowledge of immunizations.
- Maintains smooth flow in daily schedule between providers and patients.
- Maintains electronic medical record, reads and adds dictation to records, scanning lab results.
- Upon provider orders, relays patient prescriptions to the pharmacist, follow-up orders, and notification of test results.
- Responsible for obtaining and preparing electronic medical record for provider to review and document.
Requirements
Availability Requirements:
Monday-Friday 40 hours
Education and Experience Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Maintain Medical Assistant Certification or obtain at time of eligibility preferred.
- Maintain current BLS through the American Heart Association.
- Bloodborne pathogens, SDS and other OSHA required training programs.
Certification: CMA or RMA, or other certification through a third-party accreditation for Medical Assisting preferred.
Requirements
- To see the full job description or to get further information, call Alli at (207) 498-2356 ext. 2052 or email at akenney@pineshealth.org
- Cary Medical Center and Pines Health Services offers a competitive benefits package. To see the complete benefits package and other exciting opportunities, click here: Careers & Benefit Information
Pines Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer & Provider