Bilingual Medical Assistant

Salary: USD
20 - USD
24 per hour + sick time, 401k, weekly pay

Job Title:Bilingual (Spanish) Medical Assistant

The Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) will serve as a key member of the patient care team in an ambulatory setting. This position will work closely with providers across multiple specialties as well as with other clinical and administrative staff to deliver an exceptional patient experience that contributes to positive health outcomes for patients and a work culture in alignment with our values of Service-Oriented, Trust, Empathy, Safety, Inclusion, and Communication.

Medical Assistant experience,BLS,CMA diploma

CCMA - will be required to obtain this upon starting

Various schedules between 35 and 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday (hours vary based on location)

7:30am-5:30pm EST

8am-4:30pm/5pm EST

9am-5pm EST

White Plains, Tarrytown, Bronxville, Eastchester, Bronx, New York, NY

*** Departments/specialtiies vary by location

$20-24/hr

• Greet and interact with patients, visitors, vendors, and all faculty and staff.
• Prepare patients for their visit including:
  • Pre-visit organization of information required for an efficient in-office experience, performing patient escort and rooming functions (taking vital signs, medication reconciliation, accurate documentation of chief complaint, updating history as requested, updating EMR (Epic) as required).
  • Assisting patients as needed with walking, dressing, collecting and processing specimens and point of care testing, preparing for exam, etc. Serving as a chaperone in the exam room as requested.
  • Assisting physicians with examinations, procedures, and department-specific therapies that does not require medical judgement or decision making.
  • Performing phlebotomy duties and point-of-care tests such as urinalysis and pregnancy tests.
  • Preparing and labeling collected specimens and ensuring timely delivery of specimens to appropriate designation.
  • Ensuring that proper labs are drawn and documented via Epic. Assisting in troubleshooting missing labs from Epic as instructed by supervisor.
  • Entering orders in Epic as required.
  • Notifying physicians and nurses of emergencies and performing first aid.
  • May remove sutures or staples under the supervision of a physician or other appropriately licensed person, provided that the patient is evaluated, at a minimum, immediately before the procedure by an appropriately licensed professional.
  • Open sterile packages, under the continuous and direct supervision of an appropriately licensed and credentialed individual.
  • CMAs may insert items into an autoclave and may remove sealed packages from an autoclave; the CMA must, however, be under supervision once opening the sealed package of autoclaved instruments (like opening a “sterile package”).
• CMAs cannot perform:
  • Set up or manipulate any sterile field.
  • Perform pre-procedural preparation/disinfection (setting up a sterile field).
• Perform additional specialty-specific duties as assigned and based on clinical operation needs.
• Other duties as assigned.