JERICHO ROAD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER - Buffalo, NY
posted 3 days ago
About the position
Jericho Road Community Health Center is actively seeking a Medical Assistant. This position is full-time, within the Nursing department, working at our Barton location. Jericho Road Community Health Center offers the opportunity to be engaged in a movement far larger than any one individual. We believe that we can all be people of positive influence. We influence each other, our clients and patients, our families and communities. We are part of a global team that influences the health and wellbeing of communities internationally. Every day, Jericho Road's mission of caring for communities and advocating for systemic health equity guides us in our collective purpose. We are looking for individuals who share that goal and are committed to that service. As a federally qualified health center (FQHC), our organization's mission is deeply rooted in making fundamental change in the communities we serve, advocating for social justice and meeting people where they are. With global clinics across the world, the impact you make will transcend borders, with opportunities to engage in meaningful work at our Sierra Leone, Goma or Nepal global clinics.
Responsibilities
- Improve patient outcomes and deliver quality care within practice areas as assigned.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare treatment rooms for physicians, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by providers.
- Collect samples (such as blood, urine, or sputum) from patients and perform routine laboratory tests.
- Complete all patient charting and ensure all patient records are current/complete with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.
- Scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.
- Ensure all actions, person conduct, and communications represent the organization professionally.
- Uphold and ensure compliance to all policies/procedures, mission, and organizational values in a highly professional manner always.
- Ensure all clinical care is delivered in a manner that meets or exceeds goals and expectations for clinical outcomes, quality assurance standards, state/local regulations, and patient satisfaction.
- Demonstrate knowledge of current standards of practice and perform current nursing practice expectations within established guidelines.
- Maintains current certification.
Requirements
- Completion of a certified medical assistant program with current certification preferred (but not required).
- Direct experience in primary care is preferred (but not required).
- Demonstrated success in providing clinical care and nursing support with a solid knowledge base of medical practices and procedures within the primary care environment.
- Demonstrated proper knowledge and use of medical devices and equipment.
- Demonstrated ability and familiarity with tools, technology, and systems found within health care environments (such as Basic Computer Skills, Electronic Medical Records, Experience with Medent EMR a plus).
- Professional and effective verbal, writer, and interpersonal communication skills.
Benefits
- Flexible 40-hour workweek option.
- Competitive pay and benefits including medical (single-high coverage paid in full by employer), HSA, dental, vision, employer paid life insurance benefit, supplemental insurances, tuition discounts, generous paid time off, opportunity for global travel to our three global health clinics, and loan forgiveness for applicable positions.
