Medical Assistant- FLOAT
Company: Circle The City
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: February 1, 2025
Job Description:
*FLOAT Position: Sunday - Thursday Shift**Collaborates & Serves:
Clinic Program Managers, Patients, and Staff**Summary of Position:
Circle the City is a rapidly growing non-profit dedicated to
providing high-quality, holistic healthcare to people experiencing
homelessness in Maricopa County. This clinic benefits from the
designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and
provides comprehensive primary care alongside fully integrated
behavioral health and case management services to more than 4,000
individuals experiencing homelessness each year.The purpose of this
position is to provide both clinical and clerical support services
in a setting that delivers care to patients. The Medical Assistant
ensures the continuity of client care, providing an essential link
for communication involving all team members. Assists in
examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the
Physician and/or Nurse Manager.
*Essential Duties:
*Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Collaborates with the MA Lead/Nurse throughout each shift to
determine work assignments and priorities, as well as communicating
the status of delegated task completion and outcome of patient data
findings.
- Maintains timely, ongoing verbal communication in order to
ensure good care of patients and the effective running of the
clinic.
- Responsible for collecting, collating, and entering required
data and information into the applicable database or format in an
accurate and timely manner.
- Treats each patient in a manner that preserves and supports
patient confidentiality, patient rights, and patient dignity.
- Checks inventories on a weekly basis, orders, and stocks
supplies.
- Assist any patient with personal hygiene as needed.
- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
- Escorts patients to off-site appointments as assigned by
supervisor.
- Facilitates patient transportation.
- Assists with copying, faxing, and filing as needed.
- Phone coverage and triage of calls when necessary.
- Ability and willingness to perform medical assistant duties at
mobile clinic sites.
- Performs additional duties as driver when assigned to mobile
clinic.
- Performs other duties as required.
- Other duties as presented by the Supervisor, Managers, and/or
Director of Facility Operations.*Qualifications:
*Basic Knowledge and Skills: * 1 year of MA experience.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Experience in a medical environment is highly desirable.
- Bi-lingual communicative skills necessary.
- Basic Life Support certification required (BLS).
- Requires a current Arizona state drivers license.
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology.* *Completion of an
approved Medical Assistant training course.
- Able to obtain vital signs accurately.
- Ability to use computer for recording patient data
/history.
- Proficient in reading and writing skills in English.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
- Demonstrated interest in working with an underserved
population.*Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Position requires extended periods of sitting and
standing.
- Position requires regular bending and reaching, including
transfer of patients.*We are an equal-opportunity employer. All
resumes will be reviewed for education and experience. Employment
practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or
employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy),
national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any
other legally protected status.
Job Type:
Full-time
Pay:
$41, $47,133.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Internal Medicine
Schedule:
- Day shift
Work Location:
In person
Keywords: Circle The City, Phoenix , Medical Assistant- FLOAT, Healthcare , Phoenix, Arizona
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