Medical Assistant (Brooklyn)

Care For the Homeless; New York (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Care For the Homeless is seeking a Medical Assistant to join our Community Health clinic team in New York. You will support physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses while delivering patient care and handling essential administrative duties to ensure quality service for a diverse, vulnerable population.

Responsibilities include full-cycle appointment management, EMR documentation, front-office tasks, referral coordination, insurance verification, phlebotomy, EKGs, and point-of-care testing.

Qualifications

• AA degree preferred, High School Diploma required.
• Medical Assistant certification.
• Basic Life Support Certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-cycle appointment management for clinic site (patient follow-up and drop-in appointments, specialty services and testing) to optimize clinic patient hours.
• Document all services in EMR (eClinical Works) system.
• Manage all front office tasks including intake, demographics, insurance information, privacy forms, faxing, and filing.
• Referral coordination with patient contact for date of appointment.
• Insurance verification on all patients requesting a visit.
• Ensure all registration information is completed and updated accurately at the time of each appointment.
• Print pre-visit planning for huddle.
• Assist with Article 28 policy walkthroughs.
• Assist with dressings, urine checks, and other tests as directed by staff.
• Perform EKG exams and point-of-care testing as directed.
• Log QA checks and results for all point-of-care testing.

Skills

Multicultural communication

Interpersonal skills

Telephone etiquette

Education

Medical Assistant certification

BLS Certification

AA degree preferred

High School Diploma required

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

This role is in a Community Health clinical site setting; working on a team of committed professionals supporting Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, while also providing patient care and administrative duties necessary to deliver quality patient care to a diverse and vulnerable population.

This employee will work as part of the PCMH team with the following essential duties and responsibilities include the following

Essential Duties And Responsibilities Include The Following

• Provide full-cycle appointment management for clinic site (patient follow-up and drop-in appointments, specialty services and testing) to optimize clinic patient hours.
• Document all services in eClinical Works (EMR) system.
• Manage all front office tasks including; basic intake and collection of patient demographics, insurance information, privacy practice forms, its collection and management, faxing, and filing.
• Referral coordination with patient contact for date of appointment.
• Insurance verification on all patients requesting a visit.
• Ensure all registration information is completed and updated accurately at the time of each appointment.
• Responsible for printing pre-visit planning in preparation for huddle.
• Follow all Federal, State and City regulations and guidelines regarding to medical clinic operations.
• Responsible for understanding CFH's Medical Clinic Policy and Procedures.
• Assist in taking medical histories, vital signs, recording height and weight at Nurse Manager/Provider request.
• Performs phlebotomy and collects lab specimens, as requested, using appropriate protocols, such as infection control. Logs information into EMR/vendor system, labels, and routes lab specimens according to standard procedure.
• Ensures that results are received on all lab specimens submitted.
• Maintains order and cleanliness of examination rooms.
• Ensures medical supplies are maintained and reordered.
• Disposes of expired supplies according to procedures.
• Performs equipment checks and completes required logs; which may include refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, sample medication logs, AED, and other required checks/logs.
• Liaise with laboratory and pharmacies as directed by provider and Nurse Manager.
• Performs monthly NYSDOH Article 28 policy walkthroughs.
• Submits work orders as indicated upon completion of Article 28 walkthrough.
• Assist with change of simple dressings, check urine for glucose and ketones and other tests as directed by Nurse Managers and provider staff.
• Perform EKG exams.
• Point-of-care testing as directed by the provider (HIV, Hep C, additional CLIA waived tests).
• Perform all required point of care proficiency tests.
• Perform lot specific Quality Assurance checks and log all results on all point of care testing.
• Report issues or challenges to provider(s), Nurse Managers and Director of Practice Management.

Job Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• AA degree preferred, High School Diploma required
• Medical Assistant
• Basic Life Support Certificate required.

Experience

• 1-2 Years of experience as MA with medical office experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multicultural and language-deficit patients.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Excellent telephone etiquette
• Bilingual-Spanish preferred
• Experience using eClinical is a Plus!