Medical Assistant

Medical Assistants provide critical support to the nurse practitioners and physicians in providing quality medical care to both medical and behavioral health patients.

Responsibilities (included, but not limited to):

• Take patient vital signs, including but not limited to blood pressure, pulse rate, height, and weight
• Room patients and establish a reason for the visit. Document chief complaint
• Work collaboratively with the provider for the coordination of quality health care for clinic patients
• Manage patient flow with the correct balancing of scheduled appointments and walk-ins according to the number and skills of providers present
• Clean medical equipment as necessary. Routinely check oxygen levels in the oxygen tank
• Prepare exam rooms and assist the provider with procedures
• Prepare patients for exams/procedures
• Assist with all Covid/Flu clinics at all 3 locations
• Pre-Visit Planning including reaching out to patients due for vaccines that do not have appointment scheduled yet
• Assist with inventory management
• Provide back up support to Clinical Coordinator
• Other Duties as assigned

Education and Experience Requirements

• High school graduate
• Current Certified Medical Assistant or LPN, preferred
• 2 or more years of experience in the medical field may be adequate instead of a MA certification
• BLS/CPR certified

Benefits:

• PTO

• Bereavement Leave

• Retirement- 403(b) retirement option with employer matching

• Fitness Benefit- Fordland Clinic encourages health and wellbeing and will contribute up to $50 per year for a fitness facility membership, or other approved fitness expenses.

• "Thank You" recognition program through Motivosity, redeemable for gifts and gift cards.

Work hours: part-time hourly position- Hours are subject to change. Clinic hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. (Current need for this role is Thursday and Friday 8am-5pm.) This position may be scheduled to work any of the days the clinic is open (Monday through Saturday) and may be scheduled to arrive 15 minutes prior to opening and may be scheduled to leave one hour after closing, depending on patients scheduled.