Medical Assistant, Urgent Care

Site: Mass General Brigham Medical Group Northern Massachusetts, Inc.

 

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 are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Medical Assistant to join our Urgent Care team located at 104 Endicott Street in Danvers. The rotating schedule will consist of typically working a 4-day workweek, which includes a combination of 9-hour and 12-hour shifts. Additionally, every other weekend is required (both Saturday and Sunday 8:00-5:00).

Our Urgent Care Center serves as a convenient and affordable urgent care option for those living and working in the North Shore area. Our qualified, friendly health care providers treat adults and children. From coughs and colds to cuts and broken bones, our providers offer great care for a range of illnesses and injuries in this clean, modern center. We know urgent medical situations often happen unexpectedly, so our clinic is open seven days a week. Our weekday operating hours are 8:00am-8:00pm and weekends from 8:00am to 5:00pm. Most visits last less than an hour, so our patients can get back to what matters.

 

Job Summary

Summary
The role supports healthcare teams by assisting with both clinical and non-clinical patient services under the direction of healthcare providers. Key responsibilities include taking vital signs, documenting patient information, scheduling appointments, and managing patient flow. This role involves direct interaction with patients to ensure their comfort and address concerns, as well as collaboration with physicians, nurse practitioners, and nursing staff to facilitate efficient care.

Essential Functions
-Assists junior Medical Assistants with day-to-day questions and responsibilities and helps facilitate their learning by participating in onboarding training.
-Show patients to examination rooms, prepare necessary equipment for healthcare providers, and interview patients to obtain medical information, measure their vital signs, weight, and height, and record information in the patient's medical record.
-Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, and physician instructions to patients, ordering and organizing educational materials to reinforce patient education.
-Perform general office duties, such as answering phones, taking dictation, and completing insurance forms, while acting as a liaison with other departments and advocating for patients with a positive customer service approach.
-Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log them, and prepare them for testing; perform phlebotomy if competence is demonstrated.
-Maintains inventory of immunizations and check expiration dates.
-Provides immunizations (as applicable) which requires certification or 3 years of experience administering a vaccine and supervision of a provider.
-Responsible for improving appropriate departmental quality initiatives, such as two patient identifiers and hand hygiene.

 

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required

• Associate's Degree Medical Assisting preferred

Licenses and Credentials

• Basic Life Support [BLS Certification] preferred

• National Medical Assistant Certification preferred (from AAMA, AMT, NHA, or NCCT)

Experience

• 1-2 years direct MA experience or medical field work required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential for success in this position.

• Ability to pri