About the Role
Be a part of the mission at Whitney Young Health (WYH) to provide high quality healthcare that is affordable and accessible to our diverse community.
Responsibilities
- Assists medical providers to provide maximum quality patient care while demonstrating excellent customer service, teamwork, and flexibility.
- Maintains an efficient and effective patient flow within medical units.
- Ensures a safe environment and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (e.g., OSHA, NYSDOH) within exam areas.
- Sets up exam rooms and stocks supplies.
- Assists with the orientation of new employees.
- Participates in the patient rooming process and monitors provider schedules.
- Prepares patients and exam rooms for medical visits.
- Cleans and disinfects equipment and maintains the soiled holding room.
- Demonstrates flexibility in workflow in response to changes in patient and unit workload.
- Maintains an efficient patient flow by following the established daily schedule.
- Reviews EHR to determine if health screenings are current.
- Completes and maintains quality controls logs.
- Maintains required certifications.
- Performs chart intake preparation.
- Accurately collects and records patient data for intake in the EHR.
- Performs and records EKG results in the EHR.
- Performs and records basic hearing and vision tests in the EHR.
- Performs and records all required screenings in the EHR.
- Collects, performs, and transcribes point-of-care results of laboratory specimens (e.g., phlebotomy, if applicable).
- Records accurate patient telephone and verbal communication in the EHR.
- Completes charting, referrals, and other forms for provider review.
- Demonstrates technical skills in providing medical assistance to patients.
- Follows established policies and procedures in providing medical assistance.
- Provides medical assistance considering age-related requirements.
- Reinforces patient and family teaching.
- Demonstrates initiative and flexibility with assignments.
- Assists with procedures as needed.
- Recognizes high-risk situations or changes in patient conditions and reports them to the provider immediately.
- Demonstrates excellence in customer service.
- Understands and communicates HIPAA compliance, corporate compliance, and client confidentiality.
- Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (e.g., JCAHO, OASAS, NYSHD).
- Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school in medical assisting OR three (3) years of experience as a Medical Assistant in a physician/hospital setting.
- Certified in BLS/CPR.
- Demonstrated excellence in customer service.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- One to two years of experience as a Medical Assistant in a physician office setting (preferred).
- Basic computer keyboard knowledge (preferred).
- Flexibility to adjust to schedule changes (preferred).
- Knowledge of managed care requirements (preferred).
Skills
- Medical assisting
- Customer service
- Teamwork
- Flexibility
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- BLS/CPR
- EHR
- HIPAA compliance
- Corporate compliance
- Client confidentiality
- OSHA
- NYSDOH
- JCAHO
- OASAS
- NYSHD
- National Patient Safety Goals
Experience Level
- 3 years experience
- 1-2 years experience
Education Level
- Graduate from an accredited school in medical assisting
Salary/Compensations
- $20.07 - $24.10 hourly
Benefits
- Generous time off
- Affordable health, dental and vision insurance
- 401k with safe harbor employer match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Term life insurance
- Commuter benefits
About the Company
- Whitney Young Health (WYH) provides high quality healthcare that is affordable and accessible to our diverse community.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected status.
