Medical Assistant, Part-Time

Fenway Community Health; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 31,161 - 34,260; Part time

Job summary

A community health center in McKinney, Texas is seeking a part-time Medical Assistant to provide comprehensive patient care and administrative support. You will work directly with healthcare providers and patients in a collaborative environment, ensuring high standards of care and safety. Ideal candidates will have a High School Diploma, CPR Certification, and a solid grounding in medical terminology. This role offers a salary of $22.62 - $24.87 per hour, with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates ability to work harmoniously with patients and colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• Familiar with basic medical terminology.
• Willingness to contribute to an anti-racist organizational culture.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care in an outpatient clinic.
• Prepares exam rooms and obtains patient information.
• Assists with care coordination under the direction of medical staff.

Skills

Proficiency in written and spoken English

Teamwork

Professional appearance and demeanor

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Medical Assistant or EMT Program

Current CPR Certification

Job description

Overview

Fenway Community Health is seeking a Medical Assistant, Part-Time. Our nursing staff are the heart and soul of Fenway Health. Every day, they work tirelessly to ensure that our patients receive compassionate, high-quality care. We are looking for Medical Assistants to join our team at our outpatient community health center. As a Medical Assistant, you will provide direct patient care, support for medical providers, and administrative support for other clinic functions to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, using clinical and office procedures as appropriate for a Medical Assistant in an outpatient clinic.
• Organizes and prepares patient visits including patient summary sheets, labels, and huddle sheets for daily clinic.
• Prepares exam rooms for the patient encounter; restocks, and cleans as necessary.
• Calls patients from the lobby into the exam room using two patient identifiers and using proper pronouns.
• Obtains chief complaint, vital signs, allergies, surveys, screenings, and consent forms from patient.
• Prepares office visit note and documents vital signs in CPS.
• Assists with patient care under the direction of the medical provider, RN or LPN.
• Assists with care coordination for individual patients and panels of patients under the direction of the provider, RN or LPN via phone call, email and/or letters.
• Administers all CLIA waived lab tests and medical tests (e.g., EKG, Spirometry, UA, HCG, rapid HIV, PPD administration) and procedures (e.g., ear lavage) as per protocol and medical provider orders.
• Assists with the collection and transport of lab samples.
• Demonstrates competency in mailings, sorting of mail, filing, faxing, e-faxing and other duties to support administrative office needs.
• Participates in Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by reviewing patient charts for health screenings due.
• Understands and maintains standard precautions in all clinical activities, uses PPE appropriately.
• Chaperones patients as needed during physical/pelvic exams.
• Coordinates in-clinic services between client services, the lab, providers, MAs, and nurses to assist with timely and smooth patient flow.
• Demonstrates teamwork and works to build cohesive, professional relationships with all Fenway Health employees and patients.
• Performs phlebotomy if deemed competent.
• Administers vaccines if eligible by states guidelines.
• Provides clinical support for walk-in patients.
• Assists in emergencies as trained, calls for outside help or transport as directed.

Requirements

• Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Successful completion of a Medical Assistant or EMT Program.
• Current CPR Certification.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Demonstrates a professional appearance, demeanor, and deportment as befitting a health care professional in an ambulatory care setting.
• Understands and is familiar with basic medical terminology.
• Ability to work harmoniously and effectively with colleagues, patients, clients and vendors across the spectrum of diversity, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, national origin and immigrant status, religious or spiritual identity, disability, veteran status, and/or limited English proficiency.
• Willingness to contribute towards Fenway’s efforts in becoming an anti-racist organization and promoting a culture dedicated to ongoing development in service of humility, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, where differences are acknowledged and valued.

Preferred Qualifications

• CMA or RMA.
• Experience working with an ethnically, culturally, racially and gender diverse staff and patients.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Physical work environment generally is that typical for an office in terms of lighting, temperature, and structure.
• Ability to work in a busy community health center. Long hours (up to 12 hours) are sometimes required.
• Work may involve exposure to loud noise, strong odors, and emotionally labile individuals.
• Typically moderate physical activity requiring handling average-weight objects up to 15-20 pounds, assisting with mobility-impaired patients, and standing and/or walking for most of the day. Lifting of weights greater than 20 pounds may occur and will require the Medical Assistant to ask for additional help.
• May work with body fluids and tissues, and could be exposed to pathogens; safety training is required.
• Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require safety precautions and may require the use of protective equipment.
• Location of work and specific duties may change in response to clinic needs.

Salary

$22.62 - $24.87 per hour

Diversity and Inclusion

LGBTQIA+ identified persons, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC), and individuals from other historically underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply. This is a union position in a Fenway Health bargaining unit represented by 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.