Medical Assistant

Strive Health; Chicago (IL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking Medical Assistants to support quality patient care through administrative and clinical tasks. This hybrid role involves telecommunication and on-site visits, ensuring comprehensive kidney care for patients. Join a team that values diversity and excellence in healthcare.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits

Financial & Retirement Support

Time Off & Leave

Wellness & Growth

Qualifications

• 2+ years of related education, experience, or certification.
• Current BLS or CPR Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Executes measurement and recording of vital signs.
• Supports functions including patient intakes and appointment scheduling.
• Collaborates with partners for holistic patient care.

Skills

Communication

Customer Service

Problem Solving

Education

Medical Assistant Program

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

At Strive Health, we’re driven by a purpose: transforming the broken kidney care system. Through early identification, engagement, and comprehensive coordinated care, we significantly improve outcomes for people with kidney disease, reducing emergency dialysis and inpatient utilization . Our high-touch care model integrates with local providers and uses predictive data to identify and support at-risk patients along their entire care journey. We embrace diversity, celebrate successes, and support each other, making Strive the destination for top talent in healthcare. Join us in making a real difference.

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, two employee assistance programs (EAP), employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
• Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
• Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, flexible vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
• Wellness & Growth – A well-being bundle with Carrot Fertility and Peloton at no cost, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.

What You’ll Do

Strive’s Medical Assistants (MAs) play a critical role in supporting quality patient care. The MA will perform a variety of administrative and clinical tasks to assist in the high-quality compassionate kidney care provided to our patients. While primarily conducted via telecommunication, this role may necessitate on-site visits to various healthcare settings or patient homes. This hybrid role includes in-home visits based on patient requirements, with potential face-to-face meetings with colleagues and leadership as needed. This role will report to the Lead, Nurse Practitioner.

The Day to Day

• Executes on the measurement, collection, and recording of vital signs, phlebotomy, etc.
• Supports functions including answering telephone calls, retrieving medical records from external sources, completing patient intakes, and appointment scheduling.
• Enters documentation in the patient’s medical record by inputting medications, labs, patient demographics and history, screening data, care documentation, and pharmacy information.
• Ensures patient consent is in place, obtains consent if not already completed.
• Supports Nurse Practitioners for visits, follow up tasks including patient outreach, educational materials, DME etc.
• Serves patients and performs patient visits in multiple care settings as defined by role including patient home, clinics, partner MD space, and via telehealth/virtual visits.
• Collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure the delivery of holistic patient care.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years combined of related education, experience, or certification.
• Graduate from a medical assistant program such as Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) Medical Assistant Program, OR Graduate of a formal medical assistant program.
• Current BLS or CPR Certification required.
• Efficient and reliable transportation, including an active driver’s license, allowing for the ability to travel across an assigned region to meet patient needs. Locations may include offices, clinics, and patient homes.
• Provides in-person patient care which may include standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to prioritize,multi-task, and problem solve.

Preferred Qualifications

• Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification.
• Highly collaborative, with experience working on multidisciplinary teams.
• Basic computer knowledge and keyboarding skills.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Hourly Range:$24.00-$27.00

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all the qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail].

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