Medical Assistant - Columbia City

Neighborcare Health offers a robust benefit package : Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, 18+ days of Paid Time Off, 9-Paid Holidays, Retirement with Matching, Life & AD&D, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, & More! This position is eligible for the Staff Referral Program.

Purpose

The Medical Assistant performs delegated clinical and administrative duties providing direct support to primary care providers and some direct care to patients. Work in partnership and joint accountability with other team members to achieve Neighborcare Healths Mission, Guiding Principles, Service Commitments, and Goals.

In this position you will :

• Perform duties and responsibilities with excellence, enthusiasm, great service orientation demonstrating courteous behaviors and mannerisms, and by anticipating medical provider's needs.
• Demonstrate flexibility and readily assist other staff members. Maintain a safe and healthy work environment for patients, self, and others.
• Prepare examination and treatment rooms for use by medical providers by cleaning, stocking, and arranging supplies, equipment, and instruments.
• Review and communicate to medical providers appointment schedule to determine patient visit order and solicit special instructions or requests for the day, greet and escort patients to examination or treatment rooms in a respectful, warm, and caring manner. Keep patients, medical providers, and other team members informed of medical provider's status and / or time delays throughout the day.
• Interview patients to determine reason for visit; take patient's vital signs, e.g., blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height, and weight; perform blood draws, immunizations, record information in patient's medical record; and report findings to appropriate personnel, according to WAC standard requirements. Instruct or assist patients in preparation for scheduled procedures, in a caring and courteous manner.
• Perform appropriate basic, routine and regular delegated medical functions as directed and within appropriate scope of practice as inferred by knowledge, skill level, and Neighborcare Health guidelines (e.g., vision screening, ear irrigations, hearing tests, hematocrit, tonometry measurements, EKG tests, collecting throat, wound, and sputum specimens, and urine cultures) using appropriate instruments, techniques, and specimen labeling process.
• Support medical providers performing routine examination and treatment procedures by attending patients during procedures and providing appropriate supplies and instruments.
• Perform routine clerical and reception duties, as required, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining departmental logs, answering telephones and taking messages, checking in patients, and scheduling patient appointments.
• Perform other duties as assigned, such as assisting in orienting and training new staff members, transporting equipment or patients, stocking shelves, taking inventories, and ordering supplies.
• Demonstrate computer literacy for charting and reviewing in NexGen, our electronic medical record system.
• Work within scope of practice and according to Neighborcare Health policies. Comply with regulatory requirements and standards of care.
• When required, work at medical sites other than primary site.

Key Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Required qualifications for this role :

Preferred qualifications for this role :

Our Mission

The mission of Neighborcare Health is to provide comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care; respond with sensitivity to the needs of our culturally diverse patients; and advocate and work with others to improve the overall health status of the communities we serve.

About our Service Commitments

Our service commitments were created by staff members, leaders, board members, and patients. We use these as a guide and expectation for how we treat our patients and each other. You may learn more about our service commitments here,

About us

For 50 years, Neighborcare Health has been caring for our neighbors with essential medical and dental care, counseling, outreach, health education and more in Seattle, Vashon, and our newest dental clinic in Olympia! Our purpose is to improve health by engaging, educating, and empowering people in the communities we serve. We are looking to hire the best talent to support our culturally diverse workplace and community.

Compensation

The wage range for this position is a Minimum $22.73 / hour up to $31.53 / hour Maximum. Compensation will be determined based on years of relevant experience.

Union : Yes

Full job description will be provided during the interview process.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

About the company

Everyone deserves quality health care. For more than 50 years, Neighborcare Health has provided a health care home for our most vulnerable neighbors.

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