Medical Assistant
full-time•New York
About this role
Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Implements Patient Care protocols including: vital signs, specimen collection, PPD placement and/or reading, hearing and vision testing as directed
- Follows and demonstrates strict infection control guidelines to ensure proper clinic environment
- Assists clinicians/providers during patient evaluations as needed, including acting as chaperone
- Performs phlebotomy
- Administers PPD's as ordered and as needed
- Obtains and processes laboratory specimens, per protocols
- Reviews chart prior to patient’s departure for follow-up appointments, prescriptions and/or referrals
- Communicates with Scheduling Department to coordinate health care for clients
- Ensures that all patients have been assessed and have understanding of all instructions prior to leaving the clinic
- Participates with clinical staff for in-service training, to ensure that nursing staff functions meet quality improvement standards
- Attends supervision, conferences, and agency meetings as directed by Clinic Flow Manager
- Implements recommendations from the Quality Improvement Team and Infection Control Committee, as requested
- Disposes of medical and hazardous waste, as per OSHA guidelines and clinic protocols
- Maintains temperature log books, medication inventory logs of lab and PPD log, quality control logs including for and CLIA-waived labs
Assignment, Review and Approval of Work
The Clinic Flow Manager may assign other duties, assignments and special projects as needed.
Environment:
The office is temperature-controlled and the noise level is kept to a minimum in accordance with professional office practices. The agency observes a no-smoking policy.
EMR Access includes the following actions/areas:
Scanning, Triage, PMH/Vital, Orders, Immunizations/PPD, Telephone Encounters
Requirements
Requirements
BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION
Experience: 3 to 5 years’ experience in the nursing profession. Experience working with ages from infants to adults.
Education/Certification: Medical Assistant certification; appropriate certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Languages: Fluency in English and Spanish are REQUIRED; Haitian Creole, French are preferred.
What you'll do
- The Medical Assistant implements patient care protocols, assists clinicians during evaluations, and ensures proper clinic environment by following infection control guidelines. They also perform phlebotomy, process laboratory specimens, and communicate with the scheduling department for patient care coordination.
About The Floating Hospital
The Floating Hospital is the only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in New York City to have all three of the federal government’s urban FQHC designations: to provide medical care to the community, to public housing residents, and to the homeless. The Floating Hospital is also a certified Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home. As family doctor to New York City’s most vulnerable citizens, The Floating Hospital has continuously provided primary healthcare to at-risk populations in all five boroughs of New York City for 148 years in fulfillment of its mission: to provide high-quality, comprehensive, compassionate healthcare and social services to underserved communities. Since the tragic events of 9/11, we are no longer “floating” but are now land-based in our main Long Island City clinic, in six satellites in New York City homeless shelters, and in our new Queensbridge clinic.
From our state-of-the-art Long Island City facility and satellite locations across all five boroughs of New York City, we continue our pioneering tradition of providing New York City’s underserved populations with the consistent, respectful healthcare New Yorkers expect from their personal family physicians. We provide primary medical, dental, and mental healthcare as well as health education and counseling. Our bilingual and culturally competent clinical teams ensure that each patient is accurately assessed and treated with dignity and compassion. By offering free van transportation to and from our facilities, we help our patients overcome a major barrier to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay for services.
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What does a Medical Assistant do at The Floating Hospital?
As a Medical Assistant at The Floating Hospital, you will: the Medical Assistant implements patient care protocols, assists clinicians during evaluations, and ensures proper clinic environment by following infection control guidelines. They also perform phlebotomy, process laboratory specimens, and communicate with the scheduling department for patient care coordination..
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