Medical Assistant - Primary Care (New York)

Vesta Healthcare • New York, NY

295d • $25

About The Position

Vesta Primary Care “VPC” is one of Vesta Healthcare's divisions and specializes in primary care. We focus on older adults with long-term home care needs. Our practice serves patients in need of chronic care management, often home-bound, who benefit from a primary care provider who makes house calls. We help these individuals live happier, healthier lives by partnering with their aides and caregivers, as a key part of the care team. We use a combination of in-person and virtual care to provide primary care to our patients. We seek team members who are passionate about caring for older adults and collaborating with their caregivers to provide a team-based approach to care. Our team members are patient-centered optimists who always focus on doing what's best for patients and their caregivers. Our team goes the extra mile to ensure tasks related to patient care are complete, timely and thorough. We see ourselves as being to improve the quality of life for caregivers and care recipients, allowing them to focus on the important things, like time with one another.

Requirements

• Located in the New York area and able to commute ~2 days per week to Queens or Brooklyn
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in a healthcare setting (required)
• The ability to work Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm pm EST (required)
• Knowledge and understanding of medical terminology (required)
• Medical Assistant Certification required
• A quiet place to work on remote days, where patient related conversation can happen in private and employees can focus on patient-related tasks
• Up to date on appropriate vaccinations

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and understanding of chronic care management processes (preferred)
• Fluency in English and Spanish/Mandarin/Cantonese/Russian (preferred)
• A customer service mindset for both internal and external customers (required)
• A strong proficiency in computer software navigation; data entry and data cleansing
• A fundamental knowledge of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or similar
• A demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, displaying good judgment and decision-making skills
• A flexible and adaptable nature, excited by change and a start-up environment

Responsibilities

• Back office patient support such as facilitating orders and referrals, engaging in patient related conversation at the direction of and under the supervision of a clinical practitioner, filling out home health forms and other patient-related needs
• Performing health screenings by phone or in person
• Chart preparation and scribe functions
• Maintaining up to date medical records, ensuring communication is documented and flows through the electronic medical record
• Scheduling patient appointments
• Virtually “room” patients, getting them accustomed and comfortable with a video visit
• Assisting the Primary Care Provider in the field as needed, taking vital signs and performing appropriate bedside clinical procedures, as necessary
• Collecting chronic care management time, ensuring that patient care is documented and accounted for
• Coverage for “front office” functions as necessary, such as answering phones and conducting other administrative tasks as necessary to support the team

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance with a choice of many different plans/costs partially subsidized by us
• Paid vacation
• Paid Sick/personal days
• ~12 paid holidays
• One time reimbursement to set up your home office
• Monthly reimbursement for internet or other home office expenses
• Monthly gym reimbursement to be used for gyms, online classes, etc
• Basic Life & AD&D, Short-term and Long-term Disability Benefits paid fully by us
• Voluntary benefits such as Pet, Home and Auto, Legal Insurance plus more
• Pre-tax Flex Spending/Dependent Care/Transit accounts
• 401k with match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed