Medical Assistant (Full Time ONLY!)

Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network provides high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a ‘population health’ model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house calls for home bound patients; all clinical services are also offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care management and helping address health-related social needs. Founded in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City, with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information Services team that maintains our enterprise-wide electronic medical record system, data repository, clinical analytics and population health capabilities. Our Community Services teams creates and sustains relationship with community organizations and agencies and health plans. Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated ‘Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home’ by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our technology innovations.

The Medical Assistant (MA) is key in assisting the physician with basic patient care and medical procedures. They perform patient services as requested which may include but is not limited to phlebotomy, obtaining EKG’s, collecting and processing specimens, applying bandages/splints as well as perform patient vital signs and other care as needed.

Responsibilities:

· Assisting the physician with basic patient care and medical procedures within the Medical Assistant (MA) scope of practice.

· Experience doing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging specimens, recording maintenance data and decontamination, updating patient information, etc.

· Collects and stores specimens according to established procedures.

· Properly explains in a clear but courteous manner the process of the venipuncture (blood drawing) and/or other specimen collection (ex. urine or fecal)

· Demonstrate technique/s using straight needles and/or butterfly needles.

· Matches laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes. Label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order.

· Check all test requisitions or computer label against script to ensure 100% correct.

· Package specimen for transport.

· Ensuring the site is fully stocked with supplies

• Helping maintain a clean, courteous, and professional working environment

• Providing compassionate care to our patients

• Assisting with training and acclimation of new hire MAs

· Stores specimen sample according to required temperature, places samples in appropriate collection container/ tube, accurately labels, follows different procedures as outlined by specific to protocol deemed necessary for transport to maintain integrity of the specimen.

Qualifications:

· A High School Degree or GED

· Graduation from an accredited Medical Assisting program, with Certified (CM) Medical Assistant credential preferred and/or phlebotomy and EKG certifications

· -6 months experience in the field preferred

· Excellent communication and bedside manner

· Flexible with full-time work schedule including weekends

· Able to conduct EKGs

· Comfortable with phlebotomy, preferably over 100 blood draws

· Experience performing rapid bedside tests preferred ex: UA, finger stick, rapid mono etc

· Strong aptitude for detail, and ability to work independently, required

· Strong organizational, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills required

· Computer Proficiency required

· Happy and positive thinking, able to project this attitude around others

· Flexible & adaptable nature to work in a continuously evolving environment

· Bilingual language skills required or preferred based on site locations

ESSEN HEALTH CARE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population*