Medical Assistant

Northwell Health; Center Moriches (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in Center Moriches, NY, offers a Medical Assistant role in Family Medicine under physician/nurse supervision. You will prepare patients, administer tests, document results, and assist in organizing care to support practitioner workflows.

The position requires a Medical Assistant certificate or completion of a recognized program plus relevant experience; bilingual abilities and phlebotomy skills are desirable. Weekday schedule with some travel may apply.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Medical Assistant training program with certificate.
• 1–3 years’ experience as medical assistant, emergency medical technician, or certified nursing attendant (with valid certificate) or completion of Northwell Health Medical Assistant training program.

Responsibilities

• Collabs with health care team to coordinate and implement plans for patient care; may record reason for visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
• Performs vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures; documents findings in the medical record.
• Collects and assists providers in collection of specimens, per protocol; completes requisitions, labels and routes specimens.
• Performs and documents daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment; informs supervisor if inaccurate controls are noted.
• Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy per provider orders; adheres to infection control standards.
• Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations following infection control protocols; secures supplies and assists patient.
• Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stocks rooms; checks required logs and equipment notes.
• May participate in pre-visit chart preparation to ensure lab results and documentation are available.
• Performs related clerical duties to assure efficient flow of patients through the suite.
• All responsibilities noted are essential under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Bilingual Spanish

Open to grads

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Medical Assistant training program with certificate

1–3 years’ experience as MA/EMT/CNA

Job description

Performs patient care under the physician's/nurse's direct supervision. Duties include preparing patient for physician, administering, obtaining and recording diagnostic laboratory test results. Assists in coordinating organization of care to meet patient needs including preparing, organizing and filing reports into the medical record.

Job Responsibility

1. Collaborates with members of the health care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient care; may record reason for visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
2. Performs vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures which may include head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing; documents findings in the medical record.
3. Collects and assists providers in collection of specimens, as required, using appropriate protocols such as infection control; completes requisitions, labels and routes specimens according to standard procedure.
4. Performs and documents daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed; informs the supervisor of when inaccurate controls are noted.
5. Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy in accordance with provider orders; adheres to infection control standards including, but not limited to, hand hygiene, use of PPE, isolation of patient with known infectious disease, and equipment disinfection/sterilization.
6. Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations including, but not limited to lumbar puncture, pelvic exam, etc. following appropriate protocols such as infection control, universal protocol, and patient identification; secures supplies, ensures patient is properly undressed and draped, provides instruments to physicians, holds patient, as required and assists patient after procedure/examination.
7. Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stocks assigned rooms and cupboards and ensures par levels of supplies are maintained; checks and completes required logs and equipment including refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, sample medications, AED, suction and other required checks.
8. May participate in pre-visit chart preparation by ensuring required lab results and documentation are available in the medical record for practitioner review(for practices using paper medical records).
9. Performs variety of other clerical functions such as filing of paper medical records, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, photocopying, answering phones, and assuring efficient flow of patients through the suite, etc. Performs related duties as required.
10. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

High school diploma or equivalent, required

Completion of a Medical Assistant training program with certificate OR 1- 3 years' experience as a medical assistant, emergency medical technician or certified nursing attendant (with valid certificate) OR Successful completion of the Northwell Health Medical Assistant training program

Schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday- off on Tuesdays

-hours may vary you could start as early as 7AM or end as late as 7pm depending on the day due to the need of the business Monday - Friday and Saturdays would be 8AM-4PM

possible travel due to the need of the business

Location

Center Moriches

Specialty

Family Medicine

Qualifications & Preferences

• Phlebotomy experience preferred
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Open to recent graduates

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).