Medical Assistant, Diabetes Care

Site: Newton-Wellesley Hospital

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

We deliver endocrinology and diabetes care in an outpatient setting located on the Newton-Wellesley Hospital main campus (20000 Washington Street in the White building, Suite 546 in Newton, MA). Our endocrinologists help people with diabetes and hormonal disorders successfully manage their conditions. Patients receive state-of-the-art diabetes treatment through our team’s advanced and effective techniques.
Conditions treated:
- Diabetes management
- Osteoporosis
- Thyroid disorders and tumors
- General endocrinology

 

Job Summary

We are seeking Part-Time 20-hour Medical Assistant II to support our team Monday through Friday onsite.

The Schedule:
Monday: Fixed full-day shift from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM or 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Additional Shifts: Two flexible shifts during the week: one full-day and one half-day.

We offer flexibility in scheduling to accommodate your availability for this role!

Our Medical Assistants play an integral part in the operations of our community-based physician practices. Dedicated to clinical support, the Medical Assistant ensures a smooth patient flow within the practice and assists in the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of physician or advanced practitioner.

Our Medical Assistants are trained to work autonomously to the top of their education/certification while also functioning as part of the multidisciplinary care team.

We have a close-knit collaborative team of Medical Assistants who are passionate about endocrinology and diabetes. Our medical assistant team works on a rotating provider model with our team of 12 providers. If you are looking for a Medical Assistant role in a fast-paced team-based medical office to utilize your skills as a Medical Assistant, this is the position for you!

Responsibilities:
- Coordinates pre-visit paperwork and preparation including addressing the special needs of patients (i.e. comfort measures, communication, and other appropriate issues),
- Escorts patients to the exam rooms and take vital signs.
- Patient services are both clinical and non-clinical in nature and include direct patient care activities such as obtaining vital signs, blood pressures, rooming patients, downloading diabetic glucometers, prescription refills requests, prescription PAs and front desk functions including scheduling appointments, appointment check in, check out, collecting copays, appointment confirmations, referral requests scanning and other non-clinical tasks as necessary - Provides assistance to providers with office procedures.
- Cleans and restocks exam rooms.
- Maintains the strictest confidentiality of any and all patient records including but not limited to treatment, diagnosis, history, medication, and financial status.
- Provides and/or coordinates the delivery of a variety of patient services under the direction of the physician, Triage RN or practice manager.
- Provides POC testing, including fingerstick testing and eye exams - Interacts with patients, physicians, and hospital personnel. Must possess strong clinical, interpersonal and communication skills

 

Qualifications

Education High School Diploma or Equivalent required or Associate's Degree Medical Assisting preferred Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No Licenses and Credentials Basic Life Support [BLS Certification] - Data Conversion - Various Issuers preferred Certified