Medical Assistant III (IBH / Preventive Medicine) Vallejo Medical

Medical Assistant

La Clinica de La Raza is a non-profit, community-based health center established in 1971 to address health barriers and create better lives for the underserved. We have proudly grown into 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano County.

We are looking for Medical Assistants who are inspired to deliver a great experience to our patients and who want to play an important role in patient-centered care by performing at the top of their scope of practice. At La Clnica, you will be challenged to be exceptionally accurate, observant and an efficient taskmaster while at the same time providing a human touch and excellent overall patient experience. Many people excel at one of these areas, but it takes someone with a special combination of skills and character to do both. To be successful, you need to enjoy interacting with all kinds of different people, to feel energized by a fast-paced clinic environment and remain cool under pressure even when serving a person who is upset, disrespectful or impatient. You should have a successful history of being responsible, reliable, and capable of solving problems while being friendly and helpful looking for ways to support other care team members.

Major Areas of Responsibility

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Work directly with Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician, Case Managers, and Registered Dietitians to ensure optimal scheduling and triage of patients who are referred for IBH / CM / RD services over the phone and in person.
• Make reminder calls and follow up on patients with missed visits to reschedule patients.
• Process and track both internal and external referrals.
• Create and manage IBHC(s), CM(s), and RD(s) schedules and templates.
• Provide administrative assistance to IBHCs, CMs, and RDs running groups by greeting patients and administering pre-group screens and measures.
• Conduct vitals and point of care testing such as A1c's in group visits.
• Administer and ensure completion of objective health measures and pre-visit screenings (PHQ-9, ACES)
• Liaise and ensure coordination between Medical & IBH staff (in-basket messaging, Epic / Teams chats, and / or other tasks assigned.
• Alert clinicians to time sensitive clinical needs.
• Assists with and coordinates warm handoffs.
• Coordinate interpreter as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

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