Location: Windsor Work Days:Monday-Saturday, various shifts Category:Medical Assistant Department:Windsor Primary Care Job Type:Temporary Work Shift:Various Shifts Hours/Week:40.00 Union:Non Union Are you starting out in healthcare or looking for a career change? If you are looking to make a difference, CHA's temporary staffing department may have a role for you. We offer flexible schedules, varied assignments, competitive pay, and health insurance. Come join an organization where your contribution is valued and continuous learning is part of your day.Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a leader in Primary Care, supporting a highly diverse population across the Boston metro-north region. Today, CHA serves more than 120,000 primary care patients during more than 300,000 annual visits. Services are available at 13 primary care centers, 3 teen health centers, via telehealth, and through some special programs right in patient homes. As a member of CHA Primary Care, you will be part of a dynamic team that values creativity and innovation. You will help deliver care across the entire spectrum of primary care – with internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, and women's health services. You will be in a team-based setting, where primary care works hand-in-hand with behavioral health, pharmacy, complex care, and multilingual interpreter services. CHA is also a teaching hospital, with several primary care centers hosting CHA's Harvard Internal Medicine residency and Tufts Family Medicine residency.Summary: Medical Assistants are essential members of the care team. They provide clinical support to both patients and providers to ensure that the patient's healthcare needs are addressed while also contributing to the smooth operation of the clinic by facilitating patient flow.Responsibilities: Actively and efficiently manage the flow of patients through the clinic.Pre-visit chart medical record preparation and information gathering to optimize the visit.Participate in team huddles and team meetings.Follow special scheduling guidelines such as scheduling for diagnostic testing.Room patients.Assist providers with medical histories.Appropriate documentation in the electronic health record to include completion of Health Maintenance.Update preferred pharmacy, verify allergies, and perform medication updates.Check routine vital signs and point of care testing (based on patient's reason for visit, age, and diagnosis).Perform screening questionnaires and pain score, as needed.Actively communicate with patients to set expectations, e.g., wait times, what to expect during visit.Provide clear and timely observations to providers regarding patient issues.Manage room cleaning, stocking, set-up, and turnover.Assist providers with clinical procedures.Perform laboratory responsibilities as needed (including phlebotomy).Perform venipuncture.Assist with other clinical procedures per protocol/tasks delegated to facility care of patient.Enter and/or release orders per standing order policy.Deliver After Visit Summary to patient and communicate instructions.Support team-based care with asynchronous activities including responding to Mychart and in-basket messages within scope.Complete paperwork for patients that requires data extraction (e.g., health care proxy info, screening forms, etc.).Perform daily quality control checks on medical equipment as needed.Participate in process improvement initiatives, including regulatory audits.Participate in staff meetings, MA meetings, and continuing education sessions.Assist co-workers in their duties within the limitations of training and scope of practice.Perform other related duties as assigned or directed.Organizational Duties and Responsibilities: Is responsible for creating a respectful environment for our patients and ourselves.Demonstrates respect for differences in language, culture, race, religion, citizenship, gender, and sexual orientation and does not discriminate on the basis of income, insurance status, immigration status, or disability.Complies with the Alliance policy on confidentiality of information regarding patients, families, and co-workers.Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean.Completes annual educational requirements and in-service training as required.Wears identification while on duty.Reports to work as scheduled and ready to receive assignments; minimal unscheduled absences.Attends meetings and participates in committees as required.This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by persons assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees who hold this position.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education/Training: High School Diploma; graduate from an accredited medical assistant program or completion of an approved certified medical assistant training program preferred.Licensure: N/ACertifications: Medical Assisting Certificate preferred, BLS.Linguistic Capabilities: Knowledge of a second language preferred.Work Experience: One year of previous experience as a medical assistant, or currently enrolled in a nursing program and have completed two cycles of clinical rotation, or equivalent experience as determined by the CNO or designee.Physical Skills: Sufficient mobility to negotiate the physical plant.Strength and endurance sufficient enough to perform physically for long periods of time without sitting; may include walking, lifting 25#, bending, twisting, standing, sitting, reaching, stair-climbing, and descending.Physical dexterity and psychomotor skills to respond adequately and appropriately to routine and emergent patient care needs in an ambulatory setting.Visual and auditory capabilities sufficient to read information and respond to patient care needs.Ability to work in a computerized environment that includes prolonged sitting, keyboard, monitor, and use of mouse.Mental Skills: Ability to work in a demanding, busy, and stressful environment.Must be able to read, write, and communicate in a clear and concise manner.Understanding of basic medical terminology.Demonstrates personal flexibility.Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities while under pressure.Demonstrate interpersonal skills needed to gather information from individuals, build relationships that support collaborative work within the clinic and provide exceptional service to patients.Demonstrates interpersonal skills necessary to provide respectful, culturally, and age-appropriate communication with patients, staff, family, visitors, and others.In keeping with federal, state, and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment, or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs or other remarks, jokes, or conduct that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.#J-18808-Ljbffr