What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Waikiki Health?
Waikiki Health has been providing healthcare services to our community for over 50 years. Thanks to our members and passionate and dedicated professionals, we have grown from our single Waikiki Drug Clinic, helping minimize the drug use among our community’s youth, to a multi-service, multi-site non-profit agency. Our mission is to provide quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. We strive to provide compassionate healing and expert care that result in improved health and quality of life for all in our island community. We work hard each day to better ourselves in order to care for our Hawaii Ohana. If you are looking for a career path that will make an everlasting difference in your community, Waikiki Health is right for you.
Waikiki Health is recruiting for a full time Medical Assistant. The Medical Assistant will work under the direction of a provider and/or director. The MA assists the provider in scribing and providing clinical, education, and customer services, including chart prep, huddles, population based management, patient intakes, vital signs, and counseling in conformance with clinic protocols.
In order to be considered for the position, you must apply through ADP Workforce Now:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=d2354195-5aa4-430f-8772-667797e2561e&sid=V2Fpa2lraWg=&ccId=19000101_000001&type=MP&lang=en_US
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assists in the process of completing procedures related to procurement and processing of diagnostic laboratory specimen samples as ordered by the physician with accurate labeling and EMR (Electronic Medical Record) documentation.
- Reports significant physical findings to provider and documents findings in EMR.
- Answers clinic phone calls, takes messages and/or appropriately directs calls verbally or via EMR patient case.
- Assist with productivity and working with the clinical staff and medical providers.
- Continually to work with clinical team to identify ways to provide efficient and effective care.
- Performs other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Completion of Medical Assisting program, Associate's Degree in a similar field from an accredited institution, or 12 months of clinical medical assistant job experience
- Familiarity with common software programs, (i.e. Windows-based programs) an ability to quickly learn new systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, community members, and staff members.
- Minimum typing speed of 45 WPM
- Proficient in computer skills: typing, navigating through the internet, and emails.
- OSHA training.
- BCLS biannually.
Waikiki Health provides a comprehensive set of benefits to our employees, including 100% premium paid employee health care, voluntary life insurance, generous employer matching, paid holidays, paid time-off, and more. We are currently looking for compassionate and team-oriented individuals to join our organization. If you are interested in improving health and quality of life for all in our island community, please visit our website for more information: waikikihealth.org