Lead Medical Assistant Psychiatry Novato Full Time Days

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MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades receiving a 5star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent among others.

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Job Requirements Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Pay Range:
$29.49 $34.33 $40.05

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• The Lead Medical Assistant will be responsible for the direct daytoday supervision of the other members of the medical assisting team. This will include but not be limited to:
  • Training: The Lead MA is wellversed in medical assisting practice and is able to train and teach new skills to new or less experienced medical assistants. This includes new and annual competency signoffs in collaboration with the Clinical Operations Team.
  • The Lead MA is great with computers and technology and learns new software well. The Lead MA will become an APeX super user and be able to assist clinicians and other MAs in betterutilizing APeX.
  • The Lead MA keeps abreast of new medications and supervises the MA who coordinates our medication prescription refill program.
  • The Lead MA manages the MA to Physician assignments and changes the utilization of staff as needed to ensure appropriate coverage for all physicians in the office.
  • The Lead MA manages Flow issues to solve patient and clinician log jams that sometimes occur. The Lead MA will work with the Practice Leader and the front desk to lessen the frequency of these problems.
  • The Lead MA assists the Lead Front Office Coordinator in managing communications between the front and back office with an emphasis in enhancing and improving communication as needed.
• The Lead MA will develop a schedule for cleaning and stocking the rooms on a regular basis. The Lead MA will assign specific MAs to the rooms and then periodically check the work of each MA. Supervision of medical assisting side work. The Lead MA with the clinician group and Practice Leader will develop a list of Medical Assisting side work that needs to be completed. This list will be checked on a weekly basis to ensure that the back office stays neat tidy and wellorganized.
• The Lead MA will work with the Practice Leader and clinicians in order to determine the equipment and supplies that should be in each room and will develop a standard positioning for each item in the room thereby allowing for the rooms to be consistently set up.
• The Lead MA or his or her designee will assume responsibility for ordering all of the medical supplies vaccines and injectables needed for the practice from approved vendors. The Lead MA will work with the MA doing the ordering to ensure that a oncepermonth ordering paradigm is developed. The Lead MA will ensure that supplies are ordered in such a way that the practice seldom is out of a needed item. When a clinician requests a change in room set up or additional supplies or equipment not previously stocked the Lead MA will work with the Practice Leader on Budget development and approval on the items. The Lead MA will work with the Practice Leader in evaluating vendors and vendor pricing during contract renewal time.
• The Lead MA and his or her designee will also check the emergency kit once per month to ensure there are no missing or expired meds or supplies.
• The Lead MA will actively participate in the employee hiring review and disciplinary process for medical assisting staff. Feedback will be given to the physicians and Practice Leader as needed.
• The Lead MA will assist the other MAs by acting as a triage coordinator helping the MAs to better organize their time and learn how to better serve the clinician group.
• The Lead MA provides backup support for the medical assistant team which includes all functions of a medical assistant
• The Lead MA is responsible for approving the PTO and timecards for the medical assistant staff ensuring accurate reporting of time and attendance.
• Perform all other duties as required or assigned.
• This position may require working in multiple locations.

Qualifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.

Licenses/Certifications:

• A Medical Assistant certificate is required.
• BLS Certification (American Heart Association) required.

Experience:

• 5 years of medical assisting experience with progressive team leadership skills.
• Demonstrated leadership skills; oneyear supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated punctuality reliability and professionalism.
• Demonstrated exceptional customer service skills.
• Ability to multitask.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Demonstrated expertise in tactful and professional communication
• Experience with and proficiency in electronic medical records. Use of APeX software a plus.

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Reasonable accommodation(s) to qualified individuals with disabilities are available as part of the application step. If an accommodation is needed please contact Human Resources ator email to initiate the process.

MarinHealth is a diverse community of people with many different talents. We seek candidates whose work experience has prepared them to contribute to our professional C.A.R.E.S standards (Communication Accountability Respect Excellence and Safety) . These behavioral standards help us create a healing environment for patients and colleagues alike. By committing to them and holding ourselves accountable we can build trust and ensure clear communication.

At MarinHealth our top priority is the wellbeing of our employees patients and community. As such we require all employees to receive necessary immunizations including the measles mumps varicella and seasonal flu vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter. Additionally the continued recommendation to obtain a COVID booster vaccination status. We understand that some individuals may require medical or religious exemptions from these requirements and we remain committed to prioritizing the health and safety of all. Thank you for helping us in our efforts to maintain a healthy and safe environment.

The compensation for this role listed on this posting is in compliance with applicable law. The selected candidates compensation will be determined based on the individuals skills experience internal/market equity factors and qualifications. This posted minimum and maximum range represents the minimum and maximum of what we reasonably expect to compensate for the position. Furthermore all compensation decisions are ultimately determined in accordance with our compensation philosophy. Compensation for positions covered by collective bargaining agreements are governed by the agreements in the aforementioned document.