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MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center • New York, NY • 2h ago

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Job Details

Job Location

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center - Manhattan - New York, NY

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

High School

Salary Range

$25.00 - $31.57 Hourly

Travel Percentage

None

Job Shift

Any

Job Category

Health Care

Description

About Us:

Callen-Lorde is the global leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare. Since the days of Stonewall, we have been transforming lives in LGBTQ+ communities through excellent comprehensive care, provided free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay. In addition, we are continuously pioneering research, advocacy and education to drive positive change around the world, because we believe healthcare is a human right.

Our Mission:

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities - in all their diversity - regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness, and advocates for LGBTQ+ health issues.

About the Role:

Callen-Lorde is seeking a friendly, team oriented, certified Medical Assistant (MA) to join our nursing team. The MA is responsible for preparing exam rooms, assisting Medical Providers, rooming patients, taking vital signs and providing clinical support. MAs also perform lab duties including venipuncture, processing of in-house lab tests, and packing specimens for shipment. This individual is expected to maintain a high degree of professional competence and the highest possible ethical standards, ensuring patient confidentiality and function as part of a care-giving team.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Medical Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

Obtain and document vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.

Assist medical providers with patient preparation and support for procedures like pap smears, biopsies, STD screenings, colposcopies, and incision & drainage.

Conduct phlebotomy services to ensure proper processing and documentation of laboratory specimens.

Perform clinical tests including dipstick urinalysis, peak flow measurements, finger sticks for glucose, urine pregnancy testing, visual acuity tests, and EKGs.

Manage common work areas, exam rooms, and clinical equipment, ensuring they are clean, prepared, and sterilized between visits.

Work Schedule: This full-time position requires three opening shifts (8am-5pm) and two evening shifts (12pm-9pm) per week, along with a rotating Saturday shift from 9am to 3pm once per month.

Benefits:

Salary will be accompanied by the following benefits package including an exceptional low cost medical plan option for you, your spouse/domestic partner and/or your family, dental insurance, vision insurance, no cost life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Tuition Assistance, commuter benefits, a generous paid time off plan, and a 403B retirement savings plan.

Qualifications

Medical Assistant Diploma/Certification

Current CPR certification

2+ years of experience as a certified Medical Assistant in an out-patient clinical setting preferred

Lab/phlebotomy experience

Experience working with an Electronic Medical Record

Strong computer competency

Personal Characteristics, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to work within team-based structure

Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde

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