Job Description
Job Description
This will be a Medical Assistant Community Health Worker position.
Job Description :
Under the supervision of an RN / LPN, the Medical Assistant, Level I provides direct clinical service to patients by performing basic patient care tasks;
completes unit clerk responsibilities as assigned.
Educational Requirements :
High School diploma or GED required. Must be graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program.
Experience Required :
Previous experience in primary care or other health care setting preferred. Demonstrated computer proficiency required.
Professional Licensure / Special Skills and Certification Required :
- BLS required
- Community Health Worker certification within one year of hire date
Interpersonal Relationships / Organizational Expectations :
- Commitment to providing health care to families in a medically underserved community.
- Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of health service delivery.
- Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.
- Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors, co-workers, health care professionals, funders and other regulatory agencies.
- Bilingual in English and another language appropriate to the health center’s patient population preferred, but not required.
- Ability to function independently with minimal supervision, and to plan, coordinate, and carry out those tasks necessary to meet the job responsibilities.
- Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of patients.
- Commitment to providing cost conscious, fiscally responsible, timely, efficient, effective, safe, patient-centered, culturally competent, equitable, and participatory health care.
- Processes personal health information in accordance with FHCW HIPPA policies and procedures.
Reporting Relationship :
Reports directly to the Senior Director of Nursing
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