Senior Medical Assistant in Andover, Massachusetts at Merrimack Health

The Senior Medical Assistant responsibilities include assisting in the day-to-day clinical operations to support the delivery of safe, high quality clinical care, treatment, services and workflows. The Senior Medical assistant in the office setting is a specialty requiring a variety of skills, including but not limited to: Receptionist, registration duties, data collection for billing procedures, charge posting, maintains appointment schedules, and provides appropriate patient instructions per physician orders. This position will be assigned to cover any MA assignment and can be cross trained throughout Primary Care and Specialty Practices.

EDUCATION AND RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Required:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated MA competencies or equivalent MA experience gained through any of the following: MA Certificate, Associates degree in Medical Assisting, CNA (or LNA), EMT, PCT certificate, Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant Program.
• Medical Assistant with a minimum of relevant 2 years’ work experience.
• Demonstrated strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work well as a member of a team.

Preferred:

• Medical Assistant with relevant 5 years’ work experience.
• Previous experience in an ambulatory or specialty practice setting.
• Advanced medical degree (RN, PA, NP, or MD).
• Computer skills.
• Bi-Lingual speaking, Spanish and English.

Lawrence General Hospital is a private, non-profit community hospital providing the Merrimack Valley & southern New Hampshire regions with patient-centered, compassionate, and quality health care for the whole family. For over 140 years, the dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Lawrence General have been committed to improving the health of the people and communities we serve.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce.