Medical Assistant

**Medical Assistant** *Location: Chicago Heights* ***Compensation: $18 - $22 per hour + $750 Sign-On Bonus*** **About Us:** Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness is committed to delivering exceptional care and ensuring equitable access to healthcare services for our communities. We foster a culture of innovation, ensuring that our team is empowered to deliver the highest quality care in a safe and supportive environment. **Position Overview:** The **Medical Assistant** provides both clinical and administrative support within an ambulatory care setting. This role ensures efficient patient flow, high-quality care, and outstanding customer service to support the well-being of patients of all ages. **Key Responsibilities:** ***Clinical Duties:*** - Administer medications, apply up-to-date pharmacological principles, and perform venipuncture and immunizations for both adult and pediatric patients. - Provide basic patient care, considering age and developmental stage needs. - Prepare patients for visits by rooming them, taking vital signs (including height, weight, blood pressure, temperature, and respirations), and completing a patient history. - Conduct waived testing and specimen collections as required. - Practice standard universal precautions, including proper hand hygiene, medication administration, and assistance with procedures. ***Administrative Duties:*** - Review and prep medical charts, ensuring quality measure requirements are met before patient visits. - Maintain daily examination room setup, ensuring cleanliness, supply stocking, and Joint Commission compliance. - Screen walk-in patients and communicate relevant medical information to the RN Health Administrator and/or Provider. - Respond to patient, pharmacy, hospital, and physician inquiries via telephone, fax, and email. - Assist with scheduling patient appointments as needed. - Complete assigned administrative tasks, phone messages, and patient case tasks within the electronic health record (EHR) system by the end of the business day. - Attend all required training, including Core Curriculum training and additional sessions identified by program management. **Qualifications:** - **Medical Assistant: Completion of a Medical Assistant program (diploma or certificate).** - **Certified Medical Assistant: Completion of a Medical Assistant program (diploma or certificate) and successful completion of the AMT Certification exam.** - Ability to work late evenings, weekends, and some holidays. - Flexibility to travel to and work at different clinic locations as needed. **Compensation & Benefits:** - Competitive pay: **$18 - $22.30 per hour** - **$750 Sign-On Bonus** - Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance - Disability & Life Insurance - Vacation, Sick Days, and Holidays - Retirement Plan - Employee Assistance Program - Discounts on services like cell phones, restaurants, and more Aunt Martha’s is an equal opportunity employer. If you are passionate about patient care and making a difference in the community, apply today!