Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

Colorado PACE has an immediate opening for a Medical Assistant.

Location: Aurora, CO

Status: Full-time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8-4:30

Hourly Pay Range: $20.43 - $24.00

Supplemental Pay: Based on position, schedule and/or availability: Paid Mileage/Overtime

Mileage and Expense Reimbursement: Sixty-two and a half cents per mile – one of the highest in the industry!

Culture, Benefits and Perks:

• We value engagement, community, and outreach initiatives and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming and supportive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
• We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two, free, confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
• Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay): 18 days in the first year for FT team members
• Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Career & Logo wear
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Clinical Career Ladders
• Certification Pay
• Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
• Team Member Service Awards
• Early Wage Access
• Legal and Identity Protection
• Robust Leadership Development Training Programs

Rewarding Work You Will Do:

The PACE Medical Assistant provides clinical support care to participants. The Medical Assistant also performs administrative and other general duties to support overall clinic functions.

• Assists in prioritizing the scheduling of participants by consulting with medical staff, daily, to manage the participant flow.
• Takes the vital signs of participants and performs the collection of specimens including phlebotomy, finger sticks, and pulse oximetry tests as requested by medical staff. Reports abnormal findings and changes to Registered Nurse/Provider.
• Ensures that all lab specimens are labeled and ready for the courier to pick up in a timely manner.
• Assists clients with personal care activities according to plan of care, including, but not limited to, hygiene, mobility, and elimination.
• Prepares and dispenses medications, inhalers, eye drops, injections, etc., to participants, depending on qualifications and site requirements.
• Schedules necessary appointments and lab draws for participants for the clinic for internal and external specialists when requested.
• Educates participants and notifies them of lab results as assigned.
• Complies with all regulatory and policy and procedure guidelines.
• Maintains exam rooms for necessary supplies, materials, and cleanliness. Ensures that exam rooms are always well-stocked managing inventory of clinic supplies adding needed supplies to the re-order list.
• Performs any necessary filing or clerical duties necessary to complete charting requirements.
• Completes weekly audits as assigned.
• Confirms that lab results are received and contact the lab company as needed for additional information.

What We Are Going To Love About You:

• Minimum Education: Current Certified Medical Assistant Certification
• Minimum Experience: One year of experience. Demonstratable knowledge in medication administration.
• Required License: Valid Colorado driver's license and proof of auto insurance.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift/push/pull minimum of 35 lbs.

Care Synergy is a network of mission driven, nonprofit healthcare organizations dedicated to caring for very ill, frail, and primarily elderly individuals by keeping them at home and out of the hospital while maximizing comfort, dignity, and quality of life.

The Care Synergy enterprise includes a group of collaborating nonprofit Affiliates across Colorado's Front Range that share resources, expertise, and infrastructure to deliver high quality, compassionate care. Collectively, the enterprise generates approximately $100 million in annual revenue and serves thousands of individuals and families each year through hospice, home health, palliative care, CAPABLE, wellness, and PACE programs.

Across the Care Synergy network, the organizations provide significant community impact, including more than 7,000 hospice patients served annually, more than 2,000 palliative care patients, more than 355,000 hospice days of care each year, and more than $1.6 million in charitable care provided annually.

Care Synergy affiliated programs include The Denver Hospice, Pathways Hospice, Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care, Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, CAPABLE, and Superior Medical Equipment, along with PACE programs including Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE.