Medical Assistant 2 (on-call)
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 25 - 28
Posted on:
04-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Details
Description
Outside In is a patient-centered primary care outpatient clinic. Medical Assistants work in a team to serve diverse homeless and underserved populations of all ages. Medical Assistants will work with other staff and providers to support patient care including clinical administrative mobile clinic and general duties within the scope of the Medical Assistant practice. Medical Assistants may be scheduled and expected to report to work at the main clinic or various outreach sites.
Essential Duties
Obtain and document patient history vital signs and other established screening procedures.
Assist with examinations procedures and treatments.
Prepare and administer medications injections and immunizations.
Recognize and respond to emergencies.
Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control.
Perform CLIA waived tests (HgbA1C HIV Hgb UA and Strep).
Performs basic administrative medical assisting functions.
Facilitate relationships between providers and referral coordinators to assure image scheduling and referrals to other agencies and medical specialists.
Treat all patients with compassion and empathy.
Explain methods of health and disease prevention
Participate in quality improvement and workflow development
Assist in training of medical assistants.
Comply with established risk management and safety procedures including all required trainings.
Qualifications
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge
Knowledge of infection control principles and practices.
Knowledge of HIPAA laws and patient rights.
Skills
Able to work with people from diverse ethnic cultural socioeconomic and sexual preference backgrounds.
Education and Experience
Must have completed a Medical Assisting program with an externship or 2 years of experience in a medical office setting as a Medical Assistant within the last 5 years.
Must be certified with one of the following: AAMA or CCMA or NCCT.
Required travel between clinical sites.
Prior experience using an Electronic Health Record is preferred.
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
Technical Requirements:
EPIC
Microsoft Office Suite
Windows Server
Working Conditions
The work environment is a medical clinic.
Physical Requirements
standing walking sitting bending and lifting up to 20 pounds throughout the day.
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Clinical Laboratory Experience
- Athenahealth
- Algebra
- eClinicalWorks
- Primary Care Experience
- Phlebotomy
- Medical office experience
- Vital Signs Experience
- Experience Administering Injections
- Medical Terminology
- Medication Administration
