Medical Assistant - Registered, Columbia City (0.8 FTE)

Purpose

The Registered 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 Health’s Mission, Guiding Principles, Service Commitments, and Goals. 

Health, Wellness & Retirement benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Retirement with contribution match
• Life & AD&D, pet insurance
• Employee assistance program, & more!

 Compensation:  

• The target wage range for this position is $20.76 per hour to $27.52 per hour.  
• Final offers are individually based on various factors, including skill set, years of experience, location, qualifications, work schedule and other job-related reasons.
• UNION: SEIU 1199 NW Healthcare

 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
• Interview patient to determine reason for visit; takes patient's vital signs, e.g., blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height and weight; capillary blood draws, immunizations, records information in patient's medical record; and reports findings to appropriate personnel, according to WAC standard requirements
• Perform appropriate basic, routine and regular delegated medical functions as directed and within appropriate scope of practice as interred 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
• Review and communicate to medical provider’s appointment schedule to determine patient visit order and solicits special instructions or requests for the day, greets and escorts patient to examination or treatment room in a respectful, warm and caring manner. Keeps patients, medical providers, and other team members, informed of medical provider's status and/or time delays throughout the day
• Perform routine clerical and reception duties, as required, such as, maintaining departmental logs, answering telephones and taking massages, checking in patients, and scheduling patient appointments
• Demonstrate computer literacy for charting and reviewing in Epic, our electronic medical record system
• Perform other duties as assigned

Key Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Enjoy working at the top of their scope and partnering with patients, providers and the other team members
• Value teamwork, problem solving, engagement and adaptability
• Embraces change and practices direct communication
• Ability to work with individuals of varying ethnicities, socio-economic levels, cultures, and sexual orientations

Required Qualifications:

• Obtain an endorsement signed by Neighborcare Health’s CMO within 7 days of employment
• Obtain an active Medical Assistant-Registered status within 60 days of employment from Washington State Department of Health
• Maintain a current attestation of endorsement to perform specific medical tasks signed by a supervising health care practitioner filed with the department

 

About Neighborcare Health:
Since 1968, Neighborcare Health has been removing barriers to health care for our neighbors. We believe everyone deserves a place to call their health care home, where a team of medical, dental and mental health professionals work in collaboration with each patient to develop a personal health improvement plan.

We are one of the largest providers of primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services in the Seattle area serving low-income and uninsured families and individuals, seniors on fixed incomes, immigrants, and people experiencing homelessness. Each year we care for nearly 60,000 patients at our nearly 30 non-profit medical, dental and school-based clinics. We ask everyone to pay what they can, but no one is turned away due to inability to pay.

Our clinics are located in neighborhoods where health disparities are the greatest, and our care teams, who speak over 55 languages and dialects, are as diverse as our patients. No matter who you are, or where you come from, regardless of your insurance, income or immigration status, you are welcome at Neighborcare Health.

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