Position Summary:
We are seeking a dedicated Medical Assistant (Bilingual English/Spanish) to join our Pediatric department at El Nuevo San Juan (ENSJ) who can work collaboratively with the Department Chair and Director to deliver high-quality patient care. Based out of our flagship health center, El Nuevo San Juan, the Medical Assistant will support patient's vitals, provider support, and administrative duties.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required.
- Medical Assistant Certificate or completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program required.
- Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred.
- Proficiency with computers and software.
- Flexible schedule.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task and thrive in a high-volume environment.
- Kindness, compassion, and patient-centered work ethic.
Key Duties:
- Prepares examination rooms, stocks inventory, maintains autoclave, and maintains sterilization and infection control standards.
- Obtains vital signs, chief complaint, medical history and accurate records in medical records.
- Assists providers during all aspects of exams, treatments, and ambulatory procedures.
- When applicable- provides administrative support, registers and verifies patient demographics.
- Maintains room logs and walk the patients to the exam room.
- Prepare patients for providers and patients template management.
- Schedules and reschedule appointments, recall patients for required services and make and scanned referrals.
Starting Compensation: Minimum: $23.00/hour; Maximum: $23.00/hour
Work Environment Type, Location, and Schedule:
Candidates must be available to work onsite based in the Bronx. Candidates must possess availability to work 5-day shifts- Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm and 9am-6pm shifts with rotating Saturdays with a day off during week when Saturday shifts occur.
As a full-time associate at Urban Health Plan, you'll enjoy:
- Fully funded Health Insurance for you/73.5% funded Health Insurance for your family
- Dental, Vision, and prescription Coverage
- 401(k) Retirement Savings (including 3% annual employer contribution)
- Comprehensive time off including paid vacation, personal time, sick time, and paid holidays (including your birthday!)
- Flex Spending Accounts (Health care, Dependent Care, and Commuter Benefits)
- Entertainment Discount Programs
- Employee Assistant Programs
- Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
- Fitness Discounts and Perks through our medical plan
- $50,000 term life Insurance
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.