Part Time Medical Assistant (60269)

CIRCLE THE CITY•Phoenix, AZ

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Part Time Medical Assistant position located at the Downtown Family Health Center in Phoenix, AZ. The role involves collaborating with nurses, maintaining patient confidentiality, managing supplies, assisting patients with personal hygiene, ensuring a clean work environment, escorting patients to off-site appointments, facilitating patient transportation, handling phone calls and triage, performing medical assistant duties at mobile clinic sites, and acting as a driver when assigned to mobile clinics. Additional duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training course.
Able to obtain vital signs accurately.
Ability to use personal 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.
1 year of MA experience.
High school diploma or GED.
Experience in a medical environment highly desirable.
CPR/BLS certification.
Requires a current Arizona state driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

Bi-lingual communicative skills preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with the 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 to assure 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.
Assists 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.