Medical Assistant - Bilingual Portuguese speaking

Medical Assistant Bilingual Portuguese Speaking

Health Imperatives (HI) is a multi-service organization dedicated to reducing health and wealth disparities while advancing meaningful opportunities and economic security for people south of Boston. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of low-income or vulnerable families and individuals in Southeastern Massachusetts.

We are looking for a Medical Assistant who is bilingual in Portuguese to join our team in Plymouth. This is a full-time position with some evening hours. The salary is $29.10 per hour, and benefits include medical, dental, holiday, paid earned leave, 403b, etc.

The Medical Assistant will work within a sexual and reproductive health services team to support the provision of clinical services by providing the following:

• Provide clients with non-judgmental and accurate information regarding reproductive health issues, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, Hepatitis, pregnancy options, and pregnancy prevention.
• Perform routine lab functions and testing including phlebotomy, urine pregnancy testing, HIV and Hepatitis testing and prepare specimens for transport
• Assist in abortion procedures to provide clinician and/or patient support. taking vital signs, providing aftercare, and patient support and information
• Assist with GYN procedures including LEEP, colposcopy, and ultrasound
• Triage post procedure patient care
• Room patients and obtain and record client's personal medical history including gynecological, obstetrical and sexual history
• Provide service navigation including linking patients to care and providing referrals and medical follow-up
• Provide HIV PrEP/nPEP drug assistance and support, referrals for overdose education and Naloxone, medication assisted treatment, syringe services, mental health, primary care, housing, and other social services
• Accurately enter data into electronic health record system
• Prepare and maintain exam rooms and maintain laboratory controls
• Other duties as assigned by the Site Manager.

Required qualifications include: Portuguese speaker; high school diploma or equivalent; prior experience as medical or social service setting in busy office; computer literacy essential. Must demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills in English and be sensitive to the needs of a culturally diverse population; prior experience working with low income and vulnerable populations; demonstrated ability to communicate unbiased reproductive health knowledge to patients (adolescents and adults of all genders) in an effective and culturally competent, non-judgmental manner.

Preferred qualifications include: Medical Assistant Certificate, GYN medical assisting experience.