Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant PositionJob Title: Medical Assistant Location: North Raleigh Primary Care Job Type: Full-Time; Rotating 12-Hours Shifts & WeekendsAvance Care is one of North Carolina's largest independent primary care networks, with over 35 clinics across the Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, and Wilmington regions. By integrating traditional medicine with on-site behavioral health and nutrition services, we deliver a highly collaborative, holistic approach to community wellness. We are widely recognized as an innovative and supportive employer that actively eliminates healthcare burnout by offering strong benefits, teamwork culture, and flexible scheduling that protects your work-life balance!Why Work for Avance Care?Work side-by-side with one primary provider to build a seamless, and respectful daily workflow.Cohesive teamwork mitigates individual clinical burdens and optimizes patient's and team member's safety.Delivers superior patient outcomes by seamlessly combining primary care, behavioral health, and nutritional services under one roof to treat patient's whole health.Focused on keeping you healthy and secure with comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage on the 1st of the month, after just 30 days of employment.Empowers our team members with a competitive salary. Plus, access to a matching 401(k), short/long-term disability, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA accounts.Your Day-to-Day ResponsibilitiesMeet and greet patients, triage calls, handle patient's follow-ups, log Telephone Encounters (TEs), and protect data privacy under strict HIPAA laws.Escort patients to rooms, record vital signs, document allergies, note chief complaints and medication changes.Administer medications through multiple routes, assist with vaccinations and injections responsibilities. Aid with medication refills to pharmacies along with prior authorizations.Perform venipunctures, collect and label specimens, execute EKGs, and various point-of-care testing (POCT).Contribute in performing diverse in office procedures such as ear irrigation, spirometry, wound care, and surgical assisting.Sterilize, wrap, and autoclave surgical instruments. Order and stock supplies while auditing exam rooms for sanitization, and disposing biohazard materials.What Are We Looking For?High School Diploma or equivalent required; Associate Degree in Medical Assisting, strongly preferred.1 to 2 years of hands-on clinical and EMR Epic experience, highly preferred.Active certification (CMA, CCMA, or RMA) required.Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, strong technical/administrative adaptability, and a patient-centered mindset needed.Avance Care provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to religion, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, alienage or citizenship status, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran or military status, predisposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.