Medical Assistant

# MEDICAL ASSISTANT ANCHORAGE, AK 99503## Overview Salary Range $21.80 - $32.70

Position Type Part Time Job Shift Any## Description|  || --- ||
** ABOUT ANCHORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER:** |At ANHC, we believe everyone deserves high-quality, respectful, and compassionate care, regardless of their ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, we serve a diverse patient population with a commitment to health equity and community well-being.

Our culture is grounded in our core values:
** Respect, Compassion, Personal Integrity, Excellence, and Collaborative Spirit.
** These values guide how we care for our patients and how we treat one another. We foster a supportive, team-orientated environment where every voice is heard, diversity is celebrated, and staff are empowered to grow and make meaningful contributions. At ANHC, you’ll be part of a mission-driven team that shows up every day with purpose, heart, and a deep commitment to the community we serve.
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* POSITION SUMMARY:

** |Works under the direction of a medical doctor, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or registered nurse. Performs patient care activities within the objectives, standards, and policies of the department and within the parameters of his or her preparation.  Collaborates with the members of the nursing and medical staff and other center departments.|  || --- ||
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* ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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* Prepares patients for provider encounter including auditing patients’ charts per ANHC health maintenance standards and per policies.  Takes vital signs as indicated, records chief complaint, and prepares appropriate instruments for examination/procedure.
* Performs delegated tasks such as ear lavage, tympanogram, administration of medications, EKG, vision and hearing screening, dressing changes and all point of care testing, scheduling according to advanced access.
* Assists providers with procedures and sets up for sterile procedures, such as minor surgical procedures, IUD insertions, orthopedic casting/splinting, pelvic exams, sigmoidoscopy, biopsy and colposcopy.
* Facilitates patient follow-up to help maintain compliance with ANHC health care standards.  Schedules referral appointments and responds to patient messages.
* Records information concisely, accurately, and completely.
* Identifies and utilizes appropriate channels of communication.|  || --- ||
** SUPPORTING

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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* Support duties such as assisting other members of the nursing staff, stocking and cleaning exam rooms, cleaning, wrapping and autoclaving instruments, and filing records.|  || --- ||
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* KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

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** ANHC’s Mission, Vision and Values:
** Actively supports ANHC’s mission, vision and values. Includes using individual skills to add value to the
** mission**:
* To be a trusted partner in every person’s wellness by providing integrated, compassionate, and high-quality health care, regardless of ability to pay;
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** vision**:
* Accessible care for a healthy Anchorage*. Aligns actions around organizational
** values
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* RESPECT, COMPASSION, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE
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* COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT
* and gives priority to organizational mission, vision and values when making decisions.
** Accountability:
** Takes ownership for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development; openly discusses his/her actions and their consequences both good and bad; has an ability to identify strengths and developmental opportunities and leverages insight to make adjustments to improve their effectiveness; courage to have difficult conversations.
** Adapting to Change:
** Accepts and adapts to change in a professionally appropriate and…