Bilingual Medical Assistant - Primary Care Clinic

Harmony Health Care Long Island; Oceanside (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401-K with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Harmony Healthcare Long Island seeks a Medical Assistant to support patient preparation and clinical tasks at our Oceanside, NY facilities. You will assist practitioners, take vital signs, and handle specimen collection, with some translation duties as needed.

The role requires Medical Assistant Certification, CPR/BCLS, and a willingness to cover multiple sites and shifts including one evening and one rotating Saturday each month.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Medical Assistant Certification required
• Basic CPR (BCLS) Certification
• Two years of experience working in the health care field
• Capacity for covering Medical Assistants at all sites as needed
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/Creole required
• This is Monday through Friday. Shifts are from 8 AM to 4 PM, with one evening shift from 12 PM to 8 PM and one rotating Saturday each month

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 needed
• 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 the 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 English/Spanish/Creole

Vital signs & patient monitoring

Medical office coordination

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Medical Assistant Certification

Tools

EKG

Lab specimen handling

CPR/BCLS

Job description

Harmony Healthcare Long Island seeks a Medical Assistant to support patient preparation and clinical tasks at our Oceanside, NY facilities. You will assist practitioners, take vital signs, and handle specimen collection, with some translation duties as needed.

The role requires Medical Assistant Certification, CPR/BCLS, and a willingness to cover multiple sites and shifts including one evening and one rotating Saturday each month.