Medical Assistant

About trü

HealthNow Urgent Care :

truHealthNow is a medical group that has been established for over 25 years in Maryland and Virginia. Our state-of-the-art medical centers provide primary care, urgent care, and occupational health services to the communities we serve. We are growing rapidly and creating a team of self-motivated, results-oriented employees who are driven to succeed. We offer a competitive salary and a friendly working environment. Other benefits include vacation, holidays, health insurance. Our clinics are fully equipped with x-ray and lab services. At truhealth, our experienced, certified, knowledge, multilingual, caring medical staff, continuously strive to achieve quality of care, attention, and compassion.

Position:

Medical Assistant, trü

HealthNow Urgent Care Location:

Alexandria, VA Position Type:

Part time & Full time availability (weekends) Learn more at: https://www.trüHealthNow.com/ What are we looking for? truHealthNow Urgent Care has an immediate need for caring, experienced, certified, Spanish speaking Medical Assistants to join our growing clinical team in Alexandria, Virginia.

Primary Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for performing duties related to the clinical area: taking patient vitals, assisting physicians as requested, performing and assisting with all duties related to laboratory testing and specimen collection, and assisting with front office and administrative tasks as requested. 1. Performs and assists with all duties related to patient care. 2. Performs and assists with all duties related to laboratory testing and specimen collection. 3. Maintains appropriate manuals, logs, filing systems, and other communications regarding radiology and laboratory. 4. Ensures compliance with OSHA, CLIA and State of Maryland mandates and regulations. 5. Obtains continuing education units to maintain qualifications. 6. Performs and assists with EKGs. 7. Performs BAT and urine drug screens.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

1. Medical assistant certification. Spanish Speaking preferred. 2. Experience as a medical assistant in a physician office setting or ambulatory care setting; minimum of 1-2 years of clinical experience is required. 3. Acquired phlebotomy skills and knowledge of various specimen collection techniques. 4. Thorough knowledge of HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA and State of Maryland/Virginia Radiological protocol and procedures. 5. Certification in CPR. 6. Excellent interpersonal skills, effective verbal communication and writing skills. 7. Customer service-oriented attitude and behavior.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Performs clinical procedures as requested by the Physicians. 2. Cleans all medical equipment as necessary after each examination. 3. Collects necessary data to provide safe diagnostic testing. 4. Maintains a log and/ or filing system for all procedures performed.

Pay:

$18.00 - $22.00 per hour

Medical Specialty:

Internal Medicine Primary Care Urgent Care Application Question(s): Application Question(s): In our effort to continually improve, we entered into conversation with a company called Culture Index that specializes in high-performance teams. To help us better understand their assessment we are asking you to take a brief survey which you can take here: https://go.cultureindex.com/s/RyUrjGf0Ge It will only take about ten minutes to complete, and I appreciate your help. Select as many options as you can. This is a survey, not a test: no passing or failing. The purpose of this exercise is to help us understand how we can work together at a more efficient level strategically. Thank you! And we would really appreciate it if you could take the survey as you apply for this position.

Experience:

EMR systems: 1 year (Preferred) Vital signs: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

BLS Certification (Preferred) Certified Medical Assistant (Preferred) Ability to

Commute:

Alexandria, VA (Preferred) Ability to

Relocate:

Alexandria, VA:

Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location:

In person