Medical Assistant - The Hub(149th St) - Full Time

Sun River Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 28,240 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

A community health center in New York is seeking a full-time Medical Assistant to support clinical staff and assist patients. The role includes vital sign checks, maintaining clinical areas, and basic clerical work. Minimum required is a High School diploma/GED with Medical Assistant Training Certificate and 0-1 year of related experience. Bilingual Spanish is preferred. This position supports the health center's mission to improve community health access, specifically for underserved populations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 0–1 year related work experience.
• High School diploma or GED required.
• Medical Assistant Training Certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Completes rooming process and takes vital signs.
• Performs in-house labs and collects specimens.
• Maintains clinical area and ensures supplies are current.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment.
• Performs basic clerical work and answers phones.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

High School diploma/GED with Medical Assistant Training Certificate

Associate's degree with Medical Assistant Training Certificate

Job description

Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who see it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non‑Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a Full Time Medical Assistant to support our Hub location in the Bronx, NY.

A Medical Assistant helps patients and the clinical team at a designated health center in support of medical care as directed by the nursing and medical staff and pursuant to the objectives and policies of the Center. This position performs job duties in compliance with systems and job‑specific standards and additional jobs or duties assigned.

Responsibilities

• Completes the rooming process and takes vital signs, vision, and/or hearing tests, records patient data in eCW (laboratory results, pain level, PEAS, PhQ, smoke status, etc.) and documents reason for visit.
• Performs in‑house labs, collects specimens for outside labs (e.g., Pap, cultures) and performs quality control in accordance with organizational protocols.
• Keeps the clinical area stocked and in good order; ensures that all dated material is kept current and disposes of outdated supplies.
• Cleans and sterilizes all equipment and logs each time this service is performed.
• Performs basic clerical work in the service area; answers phones in an appropriate manner, communicates problems/concerns to the nurse, and handles telephone inquiries.
• Ensures all appropriate logs are maintained.

Minimum Education Requirement: High School diploma/GED with Medical Assistant Training Certificate

Preferred Education Requirement: Associate's degree with Medical Assistant Training Certificate

Minimum Related Work Experience: 0–1 year

Preferred Specialized Skills & Knowledge: Bilingual Spanish is preferred

Job Type: Full Time

Pay: $20.50 – $22.00 per hour

Mission & Equal Employment Opportunity

Relation to Mission: The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non‑disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.

Americans with Disabilities Act: Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case‑by‑case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities: The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.