Medical Assistant

Family Health Centers is currently hiring for Medical Assistant positions.  A successful candidate will experience a fast paced work day, a varied clientele and a supportive team environment.  Medical Assistants under general supervision performs clerical and patient care work.   They are responsible for assisting providers by performing administrative, clinical and basic lab assignments. Examples of work responsibilities in this position include:

• Handles patient inquiries, schedules appointments, answers telephone and communicates with providers.
• Receives, registers and directs patients to proper areas for examinations.
• Prepares medical charts for new patients, records medical history, assesses and documents chief complaints and checks and records vital signs, height and weight.
• Assists providers with examination and procedures.
• Performs various clinical tests and administers immunizations and injections.
• Makes appropriate entries on patient’s chart.
• Obtains specimens, performs and documents basic lab tests, and prepares specimens for transport to appropriate lab.
• Provides appropriate patient care based on age appropriate growth and development principles.
• Assists in patients’ needs as requested.
• Cleans and wraps instruments for sterilization.
• Cleans, stocks and orders supplies for exam rooms.
• Travels between satellite clinics.
• Se adhiere a las precauciones estándar.

High school graduation or its equivalent.  Completion of a Medical Assistant Program.  An equivalent combination of training and experience may be substituted as determined applicable by Civil Service.

Family Health Centers es un ambiente de trabajo familiar. A diferencia de otros sistemas de salud, no hay 3rd turnos, domingos o festivos horas que debe trabajar. FHC también brinda importantes beneficios a nuestros empleados; el paquete de beneficios para empleados en FHC está valorado en aproximadamente 45% del salario anual de un empleado. Además del seguro médico, el Sistema de Jubilación del Estado de Kentucky, el personal recibe hasta 10 días de licencia por enfermedad pagados, 12 días de vacaciones en su primer año y hasta 22 días, diez días festivos pagados y un día festivo flotante adicional para usar en cualquier momento del año. .

¿Por qué trabajar en FHC?