MEDICAL ASSISTANT-BILINGUAL (SPANISH)

Cook County Health; Illinois; Vor Ort; USD 33.000 - 40.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cook County Health's Austin Health Center is seeking a Medical Assistant to support clinical and administrative functions within the Patient-Centered Medical Home. Under supervision of a licensed physician, you will work with a multidisciplinary care team in ambulatory and specialty clinics to ensure continuity of care.

The role requires performing routine vital signs, basic lab procedures, room preparation, charting, scheduling, and patient coordination.

Aufgaben

• Obtains medical history, vital signs and related measurements and accurately documents the medical history; may assist patients with forms.
• Prepares patient rooms for visits; maintains cleanliness and disposes of potentially infectious materials properly.
• Assists with clerical duties such as answering phones, organizing charts, retrieving lab reports, scheduling, billing, and updating demographics and insurance information.
• Performs laboratory procedures including finger stick glucose, venipuncture, EKGs, urine tests, throat cultures; logs results and documents in records.

Jobbeschreibung

PLEASE BE ADVISED that this position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Cook County and the SEIU Union. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, Cook County will exhaust internal eligible applicants prior to considering external applicants. Cook County is assembling a list of qualified candidates for this position that will be considered should the position not be filled with internal eligible applicants.

LOCATION:

Austin Health Center

DEPARTMENT:

Ambulatory and Community Services

SHIFT:

8:30AM – 4:30PM

SALARY:

$24.119-$29.159 HOURLY

Salary is commensurate with years of experience indicated at time of application submittal. Experience not disclosed or documented at the time of application will not be considered for initial step placement.

SUMMARY

JOB SUMMARY UNION SEIU 73

Under the supervision of a licensed physician, the Medical Assistant (MA) works as part of a multidisciplinary care team to support both clinical and administrative functions and contribute to the continuity of care to the patient. The MA works collaboratively with physicians, nurses and administrative staff in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care and in the Specialty Clinics.

TYPICAL DUTIES

• Obtains medical history, vital signs, including but not limited to blood pressure, height and weight, BMI, head, neck and check circumference, pain and other specific specialty requirements accurately and legibly documents the medical history. Reviews patient or employee medical records for completeness. May assist patients in completing relevant forms.
• Prepares patient rooms for medical visits. Maintains cleanliness and general appearance of exam rooms. Cleans rooms after each patient visit and disposes of potentially infectious materials appropriately.
• Assists with clerical and administrative duties such as answering phones, sorting medical charts, retrieving lab reports, scheduling appointments, billing and maintaining or obtaining current demographic and insurance information. Completing compliance reports as requested.
• Performs a variety of laboratory procedures, including but not limited to finger stick glucose, veni-puncture, EKG's, urine dipsticks, urine pregnancy test, throat cultures, point of care testing and I-stats. Logs test and controls and accurately documents in medical records.