Medical Assistant

Are you ready to be part of a fun, engaging, and hardworking team? Voted one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in ME, Pines Health Services is where you want to be! Pines currently has an immediate opening for a Medical Assistant with our Behavioral Health Provider. Qualified applicants must exhibit a commitment to our vision, mission, and goals while delivering exceptional patient care. Applicants must be competent with computers, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be an outstanding listener, be problem solver, prioritize workload, and be able to work professionally and independently. The successful applicant will be responsible for the patients of the practice, ensuring smooth daily operations. Screens patient calls to the providers, assists providers with procedures and performs duties at work sites as designated.

Position Summary:

Responsible for the patients of the practice, ensuring smooth daily operations. Screens patient calls to the providers, assists providers with procedures and performs duties at work sites as designated. Applicants should have a strong desire to work in the Behavioral Health field.

Essential Functions:

1. Ability to communicate verbally in a professional manner with patients, providers, and staff.
2. Ability to follow directions from physician or mid-level provider.
3. Ability to record patient data in electronic medical record for providers (i.e., vital signs, vision tests, histories, etc.).
4. Providing patient education on medications as needed.
5. Ability to process lab work, office procedures, makes appointments for diagnostic or specialty testing while educating patients about procedures and preparation for procedures.
6. Prepares (to include stocking of medical supplies as needed) and cleans exam rooms for provider/patient needs.
7. Completes proper sterilization of all office instruments and equipment as necessary.
8. Assesses all clinical calls with provider to determine acuity.
9. Must have ability to administer injections and have knowledge of immunizations.
10. Maintains smooth flow in daily schedule between providers and patients.
11. Maintains electronic medical record, reads and adds dictation to records, scanning lab results.
12. Upon provider orders, relays patient prescriptions to the pharmacist, follow-up orders, and notification of test results.
13. Responsible for obtaining and preparing electronic medical record for provider to review and document.

Pines Health Services offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. For more information about this visit www.pineshealth.org/careers/benefits.

Requirements

Availability Requirements:

Monday through Friday, hours may vary according to patient care and physician/mid-level provider’s schedule. Travel to other office locations will be required for this position.

Education and Experience Requirements:

1. Maintain Medical Assistant Certification or obtain upon eligibility.
2. LSW or similar education are encouraged to apply.
3. Maintain current BLS through the American Heart Association.

Certification: CMA or RMA, or other certification through a third-party accreditation for Medical Assisting, preferred.