Medical Assistant
Medical Assistant
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Job Description
The Medical Assistant works directly with Prisma Community Care providers to serve our patients with integrity and through a personcentered approach. Our Medical Assistants are highly organized selfstarters who have strong interpersonal skills and are excellent problem solvers providing nonjudgmental care to our community members.
As a Medical Assistant you will support Prisma Community Cares mission of providing affirming and inclusive services to promote wellbeing and advance health equity for diverse communities and all those seeking compassionate care especially people of color 2SLGBTQ and Queer individuals and those affected by HIV.
Schedule: Monday through Friday
What your day will look like at Prisma Community Care:
- You will work with various healthcare and support staff to ensure smooth and efficient patient flow and clinical operations; including patient scheduling inventory maintenance prescription and lab processing lab draws assisting with procedures and preparing/administering medications and injections via multiple routes for various treatment purposes.
- You will foster clientfocused care such as obtaining communicating and recording patient related information including vital signs drug allergies medications medical histories and reason for visit in Electronic Health Records (EHR eClinicalWorks) in a timely manner.
- You will perform phlebotomy procedures and manage specimens including labeling requisition completion transport to laboratories and log maintenance.
- You will provide HIV and STI education services to individuals at highrisk for HIV infection. Facilitate and process blood (finger stick and venipuncture) specimens and prepare specimens for laboratory processing. Provide HIV test results to clients.
- You will perform miscellaneous jobrelated duties as assigned including but not limited to processing referrals medical records reconciliation completing prior authorizations triaging phone calls and scanning/uploading documents into patient charts.
- You will crosstrain in front office duties to ensure coverage in the event that operations require assistance to provide excellent patient experiences.
Weve got great benefits:
- 200 hours of PTO per year
- Up to 13 paid holidays per year
- Medical dental and vision insurance
- Basic life shortterm and longterm disability insurance paid by Prisma Community Care
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement savings
Who were looking for:
- Youve graduated from high school or completed your GED.
- Youve completed an accredited (CAAHEP or ABHES) medical assisting training program.
- You have excellent computer skills being both proficient in Microsoft Office (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint) and competent in using EHR software.
- Youre professional flexible caring and compassionate while exhibiting a congenial and sensitive attitude toward patients.
- You have strong interpersonal skills in dealing with a variety of people and proven ability to work independently while collaborating with others.
- You are a highly organized detailoriented selfstarter with excellent problemsolving skills
- You possess the ability to assess organizational needs and establish priorities while maintaining a positive attitude.
- You have demonstrated cultural competency to professionally and respectfully serve the 2SLGBTQ communities.
- All agency employees must be able to work effectively in a missiondriven agency whose clients and staff exhibit significant diversity with respect to race ethnicity sex gender identity sexual orientation socioeconomic status nationality and religion.
Wed love to see you apply if you have these preferred qualifications too:
- You have 1 year experience working as a medical assistant.
- You have eClinicalWorks EMR experience.
- You are bilingual in Spanish and English. Additional quarterly incentive for bilingual employees!
Environmental Factors Physical Requirements and Compliance
- Work primarily in a climatecontrolled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential
- Office environment exposure to computer screens for lengthy periods of time.
- Travel outside of the Phoenix region approximately 10 of the time
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to walk sit stand; use hands talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Currently have or be able to obtain within 90 days of employment a valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.
- Currently have or are able to obtain within 7 days of employment a clear TB test.
- Currently have or are able to obtain within 7 days of employment a current flu vaccination.
- Currently have or are able to initiate within 7 days of employment a HepatitisB primary vaccination series.
- Currently have or are able to obtain within 14 days of employment a CPR certification.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Prisma Community Care is an equal opportunity employer and we value a healthy work environment free from harassment and discrimination based on race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin age disability or genetic information.
Prisma Community Care provides an inclusive and respectful working environment that represents a wide range of backgrounds cultures identities and experiences. We attract applicants who have the cultural awareness to navigate and celebrate these differences. Our employees are Individuals who have respect for the communities where they live and work and are committed to utilizing culturally and linguistically appropriate strategies and skills in a collaborative environment.
Reasonable Accommodations
Applicants requesting a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the interview process for this position should email .
Employment Type
Full-Time
