Lead Medical Assistant - Bruner Family Medicine

Job Description

Job Description

Medical Assistant - bilingual preferred

Location : Denver Colorado

Pay rate : $20.31-$31.23

Shift : Monday through Friday

Hours : Days

If you love working with people and doing your part to ensure the best possible healthcare experience for patients, this is the job for you!

At Uptown Community Health Center we improve the health of our community and provide care that respects the dignity of each person, especially those that are underserved. We teach tomorrow's physicians and healthcare professionals to provide excellent medical care with compassion and kindness.

As a part of Uptown Community Health Center, Bruner Family Medicine sees patients of all ages and backgrounds. As the main clinic for a Residency program we have over 30 different Providers. We have 4 specialty clinics within Bruner that are ran by our Faculty.

Our Lead Medical Assistants (MAs) are highly valued team members with an important role in our health center. Our MAs work in partnership with our providers and other clinic staff to provide excellent patient care in our patient centered medical home model.

Team Lead MAs act as backups to the Senior Lead MA in various operational capacities. Each Team Lead MA is responsible for specific operational areas, and support of their assigned team members.

As a Lead Medical Assistant you will :

Upholds the Mission, Vision, and Values of Uptown Community Health Center.

Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy environment by adhering to organization standards, policies, and procedures, and to legal regulations; alerting others with potential concerns.

Communicates in a professional, clear, effective, and compassionate way with patients, visitors, and coworkers. Both in person, on the telephone, and with written communication.

CLIA waive testing

Answers, documents, and triages phone calls and ensures patients are connected with the appropriate care team members.

Disseminates information from various meetings appropriately to the Medical Assistant Team.

Participates in professional development activities and internal / external customer service

Proper and accurate documentation within the electronic medical health record.

Answering, documenting, and triaging phone calls ensures patients are connected with appropriate care team members.

Clean and stock the exam rooms in accordance with the Kanban system.

Maintains a clean work area and lab.

Other Duties as Assigned

Certifications : Basic Life Support

Medical Assistant Diploma

Qualifications -

Required :

Completion of an accredited medical assistant program

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers required

High School diploma or GED equivalent required

1 Year Experience in Healthcare

Preferred :

Two (2) years experience in integrated healthcare or primary care.

Experience with Epic application and heath record.

Experience working with and sensitivity toward special populations, including those with limited income, limited education, and non-English speaking individuals.

Bilingual English / Spanish, complete comprehension, literacy and fluency in both languages