Medical Assistant

Job Title: Medical Assistant
Location: Artesia, NM
Duration: 3+ months

Shift: Monday to Wednesday : 08.00-17.00 Thursday and Friday: 08.00-12.00 


Location-Specific Requirements:

• Ages 6+
• Does not participate in HomeMed
• 1 provider and 2 MA site

Responsibilities
The Medical Assistant is responsible for supporting both the front and back office, including greeting and rooming patients, scheduling, answering phones, taking vitals, drawing blood, administering vaccines, and providing additional clinical support wherever needed. Maintaining a collaborative relationship with the center’s staff is a key ingredient to success in this position.
Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year of medical assistant experience (in addition to an externship)
• Medical Assistant Certification strongly preferred
• Occupational Health experience strongly preferred
• Phlebotomy/venipuncture and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience required
• Attention to detail, ability to communicate effectively with patients and strong computer skills required
• You should want to work in an environment where health education and outreach is important to you and challenges you to make a difference

Required Skills:

• Front/Back-office experience
• Phlebotomy
• EKG
• POC testing
• Scheduling
• Rooming patients
• Take vitals
• BLS or CPR
• If the candidate does not hold either, they can start pending with approval from the client

Experience Required (In Years): 2-3