Urban Health Plan
At Urban Health Plan (UHP) our mission is to continuously improve the health of communities and the quality of life of the people we serve by providing affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. At UHP, our commitment to provide patient-centered, holistic, quality health care, is part of a tradition started by our founder, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, more than 40 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do.
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Description
Position Summary: Urban Health Plan is currently hiring Certified Medical Assistants (Bilingual Spanish/English) for our School Based Health Care Department. Within School Health, the Medical Assistant will work out Bronx based elementary, middle and high schools. The position comes with a Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm schedule with occasional late nights (School events ie. Parent teacher conference).
Responsibilities:
- Prepare examination rooms and equipment.
- Participates in health and wellness activities and health education when required.
- Obtain vital signs, chief complaints, and medical history and accurately records in medical records.
- Completes referrals and discharges patients.
- Assists providers and nurses during all aspects of exams.
- Assist provider during visit with treatments, examinations, and procedures.
- Schedules appointments, verifies insurance and demographic information.
- Processes diagnostic orders.
Qualifications:
- Certification as a Medical Assistant.
- National Certification as Phlebotomy Technician required OR Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), highly preferred.
- Candidates with previous experience in a health care or school based setting strongly preferred.
- Previous experience working with children and adolescents, a strong plus.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Bilingual Spanish/English highly preferred.
- Knowledge of taking vital signs, phlebotomy, and medical administration tasks.
- Ability to work full time Monday through Friday.
Salary: $18/hr