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Medical Assistant, Family Team
Boston Health Care for the Homeless ProgramUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Apr 2024
💰 $44,000/yr
About the role
Who We Are:
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 12,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 60 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Bilingual, Bicultural, LGBTQIA identifying, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are encouraged to apply.
To learn more about working at BHCHP, watch our video Please Click Here.
Job Summary:
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is looking for a Medical Assistant to provide medical office support and clinical support in both the administrative and clinical areas. Under the direction of the medical providers/registered nurse, performs a variety of appropriately delegated patient care interventions for patients and their families.
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, potential for some early evenings
Responsibilities:
Clinical Support:
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 12,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 60 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Bilingual, Bicultural, LGBTQIA identifying, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are encouraged to apply.
To learn more about working at BHCHP, watch our video Please Click Here.
Job Summary:
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is looking for a Medical Assistant to provide medical office support and clinical support in both the administrative and clinical areas. Under the direction of the medical providers/registered nurse, performs a variety of appropriately delegated patient care interventions for patients and their families.
Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, potential for some early evenings
Responsibilities:
Clinical Support:
- Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to determine appropriate work assignment and priorities. Communicates status of delegated task completion as well as outcome of patient data findings to the appropriate staff member
- Act as a member of the team of care givers; treats patient in a manner that preserves and supports patient confidentiality, patient rights, and patient’s dignity; maintains timely ongoing verbal communication to assure good patient care and the effective running of the Clinic.
- Accurately collects requested patient data (e.g. vital signs, weights and reason for visits), notifying the supervising RN of abnormalities; responsible for collecting, collating, and entering data and information into the applicable database or format in an accurate and timely manner; maintains appropriate equipment logs and records per standards.
- Performs basic patient testing, including, but not limited to, tests for guaiac, urine dip, and glucose fingerstick; collects, labels, and sends specimens to the lab, with appropriate laboratory slips and/or requisitions.
- Assists nurses, providers, and MAs during complex treatments/procedures, including but not limited to preps and set-ups for examinations or treatments; check inventories, re-stock as needed; maintain appropriate equipment logs and records.
- Attend all-staff Family Team meetings, clinic specific monthly meetings, and daily huddles (where applicable)
- Answer phones appropriately as needed; support and attend in-service education as required
- Answers phones, provides front desk support, as needed.
- Confirms and communicates patient appointments to patients and staff.
- Assists with the scheduling of follow up appointments and new appointment consultations, as needed.
- Maintain clinic files, patient records.
- Performs other duties, as needed.
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