Certified Medical Assistant

Job description

Full Time - Medical Assistant BAART Programs is looking for an organized and compassionate Certified Medical Assistant to greet patients, schedule appointments and collect personal information from patients. The Medical Assistant is also responsible for taking vital signs, helping practitioners with treatment and collecting lab samples. To be successful as a Medical Assistant you must have excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail. An ideal candidate also demonstrates a non-judgmental and accepting attitude toward the Substance Use Disorder. Responsibilities: Qualifications: - Schedules intake appointments, records and verifies patients' information and prepares medical records on new and returning patients - Check in patients, escort patients to and from waiting room, interviews patients and measures vital signs, records information into patients' electronic charts - Assist Medical Director/Program Physician/Nurse Practitioner with patient intakes and as needed - Obtains blood specimens and collects nonblood specimens such as urine sputum, for laboratory testing - Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients and disinfects treatment rooms, equipment and suppli...