Temporary Medical Associate Red Hook Brooklyn

Overview

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, a designated Level 3 Medical Home, is the largest federally qualified health center network in New York State, and the second largest in the nation. It includes eight primary care sites, 40 school-based health centers and dental clinics, four day care centers, the nation’s largest dental residency program, and New York State’s largest behavioral health program.

The network also includes 12 community medicine sites providing care to disenfranchised New Yorkers, comprehensive HIV services, chemical dependency programs, and a family support center that offers educational, vocational, and other social support programs. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Temporary Medical Associate - Red Hook, Brooklyn. In this role, the Medical Associate performs supportive services to providers and clinical staff in the care of patients in the ambulatory care setting in accordance with the policies and procedures of the FHC.

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and age-related criteria pertinent to the patients served in his/her assigned area.
• Registration functions in accordance with Registration policies including, but not limited to: responsible for patient check-in and check-out; translation needs and documentation; gathers all patient demographic related data and materials from patients and/or their representatives; verification of Primary Care Provider; verification of Site Indicator; obtains insurance information, verifies insurance eligibility electronically, takes their picture and asks them to use Patient Secure;
  
  on subsequent visits, asks them to verify demographic info and makes any necessary edits; web enable all eligible patients for the patient portal; ensure patients review and sign electronic patient related documents including consent, financial agreement, HIPAA, HIE, etc.; follow up with patients and/or their representatives, physician offices, etc. to gather missing data and materials in order to complete the intake process, or refers to more senior level staff;
  
  scans all necessary documents into the intake EMR system.
• Greets all patients, family or other related individuals while maintaining excellent customer service and professionalism at all times, including observing and alerting the nursing staff of patients who appear in need of urgent care.
• Retrieves laboratory and ancillary test results from the computer or contacts the lab for retrieval of the information for the providers.
• Completes, retrieves and/or prints patient forms and attends staff meetings and review/signs minutes of meetings not attended. Maintains competence through in-service and educational programs.
• Check Out functions in accordance with discharge policies including, but not limited to: checks for completeness of encounter forms and prescriptions; verifies insurance; creates follow up appointments or manual recall in accordance with the providers instructions; creates appointment for specialty services (including radiology) and ensures referrals are in place; print all necessary documents for patients to take home: AVS, Referrals, Lab/Rad forms;
  
  distribute Metro Cards when appropriate and reconciles with their supervisor as requested.
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  Effectively reviews patient MPI data to ensure that the correct patient is selected for registration or appointment scheduling.
• Demonstrates EMR competency and has ability to handle emergency situations.
• Obtains vital signs, height, weights, head and chest circumferences and documents accurately as needed in addition to performing venous phlebotomy/blood draws as part of the clinical functions of general medical…