Medical Assistant I-Internal Medicine-Jesse Owens

Mountain Park Health Center; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mountain Park Health Center in Phoenix, AZ invites a Medical Assistant I to support back-office patient care, ensuring high quality service in line with HIPAA and our guiding principles. The MA I role requires a basic yet solid understanding of MA functions.

Duties include immunization and medication procedures, CLIA testing, specimen collection, EHR documentation, administering provider orders, and preparing exam rooms while maintaining supplies.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Graduate of a medical assistant program.
• Current CPR Certification.

Responsibilities

• Performs and completes clinical and non-clinical assigned duties, tasks, responsibilities, and assignments in the back office.
• Adheres to and follows procedures for immunization and medication administration, including labeling, storing, and utilization.
• Performs and adheres to CLIA testing instructions; collects specimens, processes and documents results in the EHR.
• Fulfills provider orders within scope of practice and provides patients’ discharge instructions.
• Assists with coordinating the continuity of patient care with internal health departments.
• Maintains proper levels of supplies in exam rooms and prepares exam room for patient care and procedures.
• Identifies and reports any safety hazard by notifying supervisory staff.
• Interviews patient to obtain reason for visit, history, and chief complaints; performs vital signs and other patient care needs, documents the same to complete the patient intake process.
• Utilizes and follows proper charting and documenting procedures for all patient related services, exams, interactions, and assignments performed.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job description

Brief Description

This position is responsible for providing excellent patient care and experience in accordance with Mountain Park Health Center’s guiding principles, HIPAA, and any other applicable federal & state laws. The Medical Assistant (MA) I position requires a basic level of knowledge regarding the functions necessary to becoming a MA.

Brief Description

This position is responsible for providing excellent patient care and experience in accordance with Mountain Park Health Center’s guiding principles, HIPAA, and any other applicable federal & state laws. The Medical Assistant (MA) I position requires a basic level of knowledge regarding the functions necessary to becoming a MA.

Essential Functions

• Performs and completes clinical and non-clinical assigned duties, tasks, responsibilities, and assignments in the back office.
• Adheres to and follows procedures for immunization and medication administration, including but limited to labeling, storing, and utilization.
• Performs and adheres to all Clinical Laboratory of Improvement Amendments (CLIA) testing instructions; collects specimens, processes and documents results in the electronic health records (EHR)
• Fulfills provider orders within scope of practice and provides patients’ discharge instructions.
• Assists with coordinating the continuity of patient care with internal health departments.
• Maintains proper levels of supplies in exam rooms and prepares exam room for patient care and procedures.
• Identifies and reports any safety hazard, or potential hazard, by directly notifying supervisory staff immediately of concerns.
• Interviews patient to obtain reason for visit, history, and chief complaints; performs vital signs and other patient care needs, documents the same to complete the patient intake process.
• Utilizes and abides by proper charting and documenting procedures for all patient related services, exams, interactions, and assignments performed.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Position Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Graduate of a medical assistant program
• Current CPR Certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Electronic Health Record experience
• At least one year of previous medical back-office experience
• Registered medical assistant (RMA) or certified medical assistant (CMA) credential.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English or Somali/English)