Medical Assistant in Somerville, Massachusetts at Cambridge Health Alliance

Location: CHA Broadway Care Center

Category: Medical Assistant

Department: Primary Care

Job Type: Full time

Union Name : Somerville Laborers 381

Length Of Shift(s) In Hours: 8

Shift Start + End Times: Various shifts including occasional evenings

Hours/Week: 40.00

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a leader in Primary Care, supporting a highly diverse population across the Boston metro-north region. Today, CHA serves more than 120,000 primary care patients during more than 300,000 annual visits. Services are available at 12 primary care centers, 3 teen health centers, via telehealth, and through some very special programs, right in patient homes. As a member of CHA Primary Care, you will be part of a dynamic team that values creativity and innovation. You will help deliver care across the entire spectrum of primary care – with internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics and women’s health services. You will be in a team-based setting, where primary care works hand-in-hand with behavioral health, pharmacy, complex care and multilingual interpreter services. CHA is also a teaching hospital, with several primary care centers hosting CHA’s Harvard Internal Medicine residency and Tufts Family Medicine residency.

Responsibilities include: Actively and efficiently managing the flow of patients through the clinic, Rooming patients, Assisting providers with medical histories, Documenting in the electronic health record, Checking routine vital signs and point of care testing, Assisting providers with clinical procedures, Booking screening tests as part of the outreach process and booking follow up appointments (e.g., well child visits, vaccine booster visits), Participating in proactive population management of chronic diseases by generating MyCHArt messages, sending templated letters, and calling patients by telephone, Other duties as required.

Qualifications/Requirements:
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Graduation from an accredited medical assistant program or one year of previous experience as a medical assistant in lieu of program completion required. Certifications: Maintains current American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification
Linguistic Capabilities: Ability to write and verbally communicate in English. Fluency in a second language is preferred.
Work Experience: Current experience as a Medical Assistant preferred. Experience with administrative duties in a clinical setting preferred