Bilingual Medical Assistant - Float

Harmony Healthcare Long Island; Town of Hempstead (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

401K with company match

Paid holidays

Employee discounts

Job summary

Harmony Healthcare Long Island is seeking a Medical Assistant- Float to support multiple sites in Nassau County. This position assists with patient prep, supports practitioners during examinations, and helps with lab tasks in a fast-paced primary care setting.

You will also translate for patients as needed, take vital signs, perform basic screening, and coordinate with the care team to ensure quality patient experience. This non-exempt role offers competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Medical Assistant Certification required.
• Basic CPR (BCLS) Certification.
• Two years experience working in the health care field.
• Must have capacity and transportation to work at any HHLI site as needed.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/Creole required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the preparation of patients prior to seeing practitioners.
• Assists the practitioners with patient care in the conduct of clinical examinations and materials preparation; i.e. dressing changes, Pap Smear, etc.
• Acts as a translator for patients as appropriate
• Responsible for taking vital signs, administering tuberculin tests, and performing procedures for specimen collection, routine eye screening, hearing tests, hematocrit, urinalysis, and urine culture
• Performs EKG and simple laboratory procedures
• Distributes lab reports to practitioners for review
• Assist in the maintenance of inventories and stocking of supplies in examination rooms, nursing and lab areas
• Maintains logs of required data as needed
• Acts as the patient’s advocate and liaison for preservation of patient's rights
• Participates in off-site screening projects as needed
• Participates in departmental QA and other patient related committees as needed
• Participates in outreach and community screenings as needed
• Participates in case management and patient surveys in maintaining quality assurance
• Other related duties as assigned

Skills

Bilingual

Education

Medical Assistant Certification

CPR (BCLS) Certification

Job description

Harmony Healthcare Long Island is seeking a Medical Assistant- Float to support multiple sites in Nassau County. This position assists with patient prep, supports practitioners during examinations, and helps with lab tasks in a fast-paced primary care setting.

You will also translate for patients as needed, take vital signs, perform basic screening, and coordinate with the care team to ensure quality patient experience. This non-exempt role offers competitive pay and benefits.