Medical Assistant

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

Methuen, MA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Blood Pressure, CPR Certification, Clinical Trial, Electrocardiogram, English Language, Family Medicine, Funding, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Language Interpreter, Medical Assistance, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Multilingual, Needs Assessment, Nonprofit, Patient Care, Pediatrics, Phlebotomy, Spanish Language
LOCATION
Methuen, MA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) is a multi-site mission-driven non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to residents throughout the Merrimack Valley.

Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

Apply to learn about our increased pay rates starting at $20.59+ hourly, and premiums paid for night and weekend shifts!

Job Opportunity: Bilingual Medical Assistant

GLFHC is currently seeking a bilingual (English/Spanish) Medical Assistant.

Responsibilities:

  • Interview patients, recording medical history
  • Confirm purpose of visit
  • Assist the clinician with patient care
  • Prepare patients for visit by taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature
  • Report pertinent information in medical records
  • Must be able to don appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Perform electrocardiography (EKG)
  • Perform ear irrigations
  • Perform throat cultures
  • Collect urinalysis
  • Conduct flu testing
  • Conduct glucose testing
  • Conduct international normalized ratio (INR) testing
  • Ensure that results of all tests and procedures performed are available in medical records
  • Determine equipment needs for visit and set up exam rooms accordingly
  • Assist clinicians with treatments and dressings
  • If certified, translate for the providers as needed

Qualifications:

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) required. Must be fluent in both spoken and written English.
  • Completion of medical interpreter course strongly recommended
  • Certified in CPR
  • Graduate of a medical assistant program

Benefits:

GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities, and tuition reimbursement.

About the Company

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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center with clinical sites in located in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts, serves over 60,000 unique patients from Lawrence and the surrounding communities of Methuen, Andover, North Andover and Haverhill. It is the second-largest Federally Qualified Health Center in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Since 1980, GLFHC has been fulfilling its mission “to improve and maintain the health of individuals and families in the Merrimack Valley by providing a network of high quality, comprehensive health care services and by training health care professionals who can respond to the needs of a culturally diverse population.”

GLFHC is also home to the nationally-recognized Lawrence Family Medicine Residency (LFMR) program, the first family medicine residency program of its kind in the United States. Solely owned and operated as an academic medical residency by the health center, LFMR has graduated close to 200 primary care physicians. The majority of LFMR graduates have either stayed at the health center or have chosen to stay working in low-income, underserved communities in Massachusetts and across the country. In FY2020, LFMR will be home to 42 residents who participate in one of the only 4-year programs in the country as part of a demonstration project conducted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1980
WEBSITE
https://glfhc.org/