Medical Assistant

Job Title

Supports physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and/or nurses by taking vitals, assisting in medical examinations and other specific procedures, and providing translation services.

Job Description

Prepare patients for examination and assist providers with the examination and/or procedure

Take vital signs, height and weight of patients; plot growth charts; administer immunizations

Perform laboratory and screening tests customarily performed in a medical office such as visual acuity, audiometric screening, Snellen tests, spirometry tests and EKG's

Give counseling, care and follow-up instructions, health education and materials to patients as instructed by provider

Qualifications

Minimum

• High school graduate or equivalent

• Clinical Medical Assistant Certificate from an approved school or hospital including externship verification of 6 months' clinical (back office) MA experience may be submitted in lieu of externship)

• Bilingual English/Spanish

• Current CPR/BLS (Child, Infant and Adult) certification

• Phlebotomy experience

Preferred

• Minimum one year back office experience in a clinical environment

• Phlebotomy certification

Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Good knowledge of general back office procedures, such as taking vitals, performing venipuncture, administering immunizations, etc

• Good comprehensive knowledge of medical terminology in English and Spanish

• Emergency response capability for possible crisis situations

• Experience/familiarity with computers, Microsoft Office products (Word/Excel), business e-mail communication systems and internet search capabilities

Pay Range

• $23.00 - $24.50 DOE