HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.
Benefits and perks:
- HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
- Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs.
- Training and professional development opportunities.
- Work with mission-driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.
Job Overview
This is a union position.
HealthRight 360's San Mateo Clinic is a small, growing community health clinic providing care to underserved members of San Mateo County. We are looking for team-minded individuals with a passion for healthcare, strong work ethic, and a belief that access to quality care is a right, not a privilege.
Medical Assistants (MAs) are essential members of the care team who are responsible for information management, coordination, care and support. The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude, be competent, organized, detail-oriented, compassionate, and a strong communicator.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities of an MA are primarily: Medical:
- Assist with exams, conduct lab tests (UAs) and perform vital signs, phlebotomy, injections, immunizations, TB tests.
- Preparatory: Intake and consent forms, insurance eligibility checks and data gathering through interview of patients, immunization histories, exam room cleaning and stocking between patients.
- Coordination: Manage communications from and with call center, patients and pharmacies, write referrals, schedule and modify patient follow-up visits, oversee patient flow and appointment timing in clinic, order medications.
Education and Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Medical or healthcare background is preferred.
- Culturally competent and able to work with a diverse population.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Outlook and internet applications.
- Experience working successfully with issues of substance abuse, mental health, criminal background, and other potential barriers to economic self-sufficiency is ideal but not required.
- Must have GED or equivalent.
In compliance with the California Department of Public Health's mandate, all employees must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Medical and religious exemptions are available.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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