Job Description
Job ID#:
3544
Job Category:
Temporary Medical Assistant
Position Type:
Temporary Assignment
Position Summary:
We are currently hiring a Temporary Medical Assistant to join our Newtown High School located in Elmhurst, NY. As a Medical Assistant you will support a dynamic and professional team of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other providers that provide quality healthcare to our patients. The MA supports patient care, clerical duties, and laboratory activities.
If you have experience in medical assisting and are seeking an opportunity to work in our primary care health centers on a temporary basis, please feel free to apply.
Individuals being considered for this role may be invited to attend a special holiday hiring event that we are holding on Wednesday December 11th.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required and Medical Assistant Certification
- Bilingual English/Spanish required.
- Must have excellent communication skills and ability to provide exceptional experience to patients.
- Understanding of phone etiquette and standard office procedures.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Key Duties:
- Prepares examination rooms, stocks inventory and sterilizes instruments.
- Obtain vital signs, chief complaint, and medical history and accurately records in medical records.
- Assists providers during all aspects of exams, treatments, and procedures.
- Registers and verifies patient demographics.
- Schedules appointments and recalls patients for required services.
Starting Compensation: $21.00 per hour based on 40 hours per week ($43,680 annualized).
Work Environment Type, Location, and Schedule:
Applicants must be comfortable working onsite, based out of 48-01 90th Street, Elmhurst, NY and have availability to commit to a schedule of 40 hours per week, working Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Some weekends and evenings). The temporary assignment will have a start date of January 2025 for a minimum of a three month duration.
About 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 50 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do.
UHP is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin/ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or family status, and military or veteran status.
