Medical Assistant

Job Information

Title:

Medical Assistant

Department:
Clinical Services

Status:
Hourly

Pay Range:
Clinical

Reports To:

Clinical Supervisor / Practice Manager

The Medical Assistant clinical duties vary according to state law and include taking medical histories, recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the provider during the examination. Administrative duties may include answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, scheduling appointments, handling correspondence, billing, and bookkeeping.

High School Diploma or GED.

1 year of related work preferred or OJT for ≥2 years.

MA, RMA, CMA, or CCMA required, BLS/CPR.

• Fulfills patient care responsibilities as assigned and within the MA scope of practice.
• Assist patient in navigating care through the encounter process to minimize ambiguity.
• Accurately document all aspects of patient encounters required for job functions.
• Track and document closed loop communication with patients, including labs, return calls, refills.
• Communicate with external and internal parties as needed to facilitate continuity of care.
• Fulfills supportive assignments on time and unprompted, including performing controls, instrument maintenance, infection control, ordering, sorting, storing supplies, and restocking.
• Patient teaching and care plan support.
• Guard patient privacy and comply with HIPAA regulations at all times.
• Actively participate in QI activities.
• Participate in staff meetings as required.
• Complete annual competencies within the required timeframe.
• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language in person, by phone and in writing.
• And other duties as assigned.

• Monday–Friday schedule (no weekends)
• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match up to 8%
• Paid Time Off after 90 days
• Holiday Pay starting on day one
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 per year

• Patient First – An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient.
• Build not Blame – Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person.
• Integrity and Honesty – Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers.
• Cooperation and Flexibility – Related to an internal believe that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description.
• Culturally Sensitive – Always working toward increasing one’s ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one’s own culture.

Kintegra Health is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve.

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within the counties we service.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient/family-oriented care in a cost-effective manner.