Medical Assistant

Salina Family Healthcare Center; Salina (KS); On-site; USD 21,352 - 23,143; Full time

Job summary

Salina Family Healthcare Center in Salina, Kansas, is hiring a Medical Assistant to provide support in a clinic setting. Responsibilities include checking in patients, scheduling appointments, assisting with procedures, and ensuring examination rooms are organized. Candidates should have a high school diploma and strong interpersonal skills. CPR certification and prior experience in a medical environment are preferred but not required. The position offers a hiring range of $15.50 to $16.80 per hour.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• 1 year experience in a Medical environment is beneficial.
• Must have and maintain CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Check patients in for appointments.
• Help schedule appointments for patients outside the clinic.
• Work collaboratively with the clinical team.
• Ensure examination rooms are fully stocked and organized.
• Send EHR messages as delegated by Team Nurse.

Skills

Knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules and regulations

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Effective and efficient time management

Ability to work independently

Ability to read and write using English format

Education

High school diploma

Certified Nurse's Assistant

Medical Assistant degree

CPR certification

Job description

Hiring Range = $15.50-16.80\hour

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Medical Assistant General Description

The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing assistance to nursing staff and providers in a clinic setting.

Mission & Value Statements

The mission of Salina Family Healthcare Center is to serve our community at the crossroads of compassionate healthcare and professional education.

Salina Family Healthcare Center is guided by the following fundamental values:

• Excellence;
• Innovation;
• Access;
• Teamwork;
• Equal dignity;
• Education;
• Ethics & integrity;
• Patient-centered.

Medical Assistant Essential Duties

1. Check patients in for appointments.
2. Attentive to patient and provider needs, actively participate in keeping providers on schedule.
3. Help schedule appointments/referrals/admissions for patients outside the clinic.
4. Work collaboratively with the clinical team to promote continuity of patient care.
5. Float from team to team or task to task as needed.
6. Perform elephant ear washes, Snellen’s, audiograms; strep throat swabs, rapid flu swabs, etc.
7. Assist with medication/immunization injections as needed in accordance with protocol.
8. Ensure examination rooms are fully stocked, cleaned, organized, etc.
9. Ensure appropriate orders/forms are completed upon provider request.
10. Assist providers and/or nurses in daily operational activities.
11. Send EHR messages as delegated by Team Nurse.
12. Perform other duties as assigned.

Medical Assistant Skills Required

1. Knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules and regulations.
2. Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
3. Ability to manage multiple tasks, work under pressure, and to prioritize tasks to provide appropriate, efficient and quality patient care.
4. Effective and efficient time management.
5. Ability to work independently and use good judgement.
6. Ability to read and write using English format.

Medical Assistant Education and Experience

1. High school diploma;
2. 1 year experience in a Medical environment (not required but is beneficial);
3. Certified Nurse's Assistant and/or proof of Medical Assistant degree preferred, but not required;
4. Must have and maintain CPR certification;
5. Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient and employee-base.