Medical Assistant

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 this position.

Responsibilities:

• Assists with the preparation of patients prior to seeing practitioners
• Assists the practitioners with patient care in the conduct of clinical examinations and materials preparation; i.e. dressing changes, Pap Smear, etc.
• Acts as a translator for patients as needed
• Responsible for taking vital signs, administering tuberculin tests, and performing procedures for specimen collection, routine eye screening, hearing tests, hematocrit, urinalysis, and urine culture
• Performs EKG and simple laboratory procedures
• Distributes lab reports to practitioners for review
• Provides patient counseling regarding procedures (Ex. lab tests)
• Assist in the maintenance of inventories and stocking of supplies in examination rooms, nursing and lab areas
• Maintains logs of required data as needed
• Acts as the patient's advocate and liaison for the preservation of patient's rights
• Participates in off-site screening projects as needed
• Participates in departmental QA and other patient-related committees as needed
• Participates in outreach and community screenings as needed
• Participates in case management and patient surveys in maintaining quality assurance
• Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Medical Assistant Certification required
• Basic CPR (BCLS) Certification
• Two years of experience working in the health care field
• Capacity for covering Medical Assistants at all sites as needed
• Bilingual in English and Spanish/Creole required
• This is Monday through Friday. Shifts are from 8 AM to 4 PM, with one evening shift from 12 PM to 8 PM and one rotating Saturday each month

Salary: $23.00-$25.00 an hour

More Information: This is a non-exempt position. The Harmony Healthcare Long Island provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, sexual preference and orientation, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap/disability in each aspect of the human resources function. 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 Harmony Healthcare Long Island shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.