Medical Assistant

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Medical Assistant to support patient care under physician/nurse supervision. You will assist with preparing patients for examinations, record diagnostic results, and help organize medical records to ensure efficient care delivery.

Responsibilities include performing vital signs, phlebotomy, assisting with procedures, and maintaining exam room readiness while adhering to infection control protocols and documentation standards.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with health care team to coordinate patient care and document visit reasons for practitioner review.
• Performs vital signs, height, weight, and basic screening procedures and documents findings.
• Collects specimens and assists with specimen labeling and routing per standard procedure.
• Performs and documents daily controls/calibration of laboratory equipment as needed.
• Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy per provider orders and follows infection control standards.
• Assists physicians with procedures, ensures patient privacy, draping, and instrument handling.
• Maintains clean, stocked examination rooms and logs (refrigerator, eyewash, AED, etc.).
• Pre-visit chart prep by ensuring required lab results are available for practitioner review.
• Filing of medical records, processing insurance forms, and general clerical tasks to maintain patient flow.
• All responsibilities are essential functions under relevant regulations.

Job description

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

*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).