Job Details

Title: Medical Assistant

Job Type: Full-time

Location: 745 61ST STREET FL1 BROOKLYN NY 11220, NY, USA

Wage: $18 ‒ $23 per hour.

Who We Are

Rendr is leading primary care with a multi-specialty medical group that is dedicated to serving the Asian community in New York City. We put in our best to provide world-class and value-based health care with kindness. This we achieve at more than 100 clinical offices throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and Nassau County.

Why Join Rendr?

• You will have the opportunities for professional growth and development.
• We have also prepared a competitive salary and benefits package. (Salary is based on previous experience and years of service.)
• We implore you to join a team that values employees, embraces diversity, and is committed to making a meaningful impact within our communities.

Benefits We Offer

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays/ Floating Holiday(s)
• Commuter Benefits
• Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account/ Dependent Care Account
• Annual Performance Bonus

Job Overview

As a medical assistant, you are an integral part of delivering kind and compassionate care and optimizing patient experience. You will need to direct patient flow in and out of exam rooms and offer assistance to providers by helping with medical procedures and examinations.

Essential Functions

• You will have to work alongside providers in the exam room to provide care.
• Also, you will measure and record vital signs, height, and weight for patients.
• As well as obtain chief complaints and gather medical history information from patients before being attended to by the provider.
• You may also perform basic clinical duties and procedures, which include, but are not limited to, blood draws, vital signs, preparing vaccines, and recording ECGs. Also, you will monitor glucose levels, and collect urine samples, influenza testing, pregnancy tests, and vision/hearing tests, among others.
• Prepare the exam room for patient visits and ensure that medical supplies are well stocked.
• You will need to clean and sterilize instruments before and after every procedure.
• Perform duties to help improve quality measures which may include identifying care gaps, calling patients for follow-up, documentation, and lots more.
• Help maintain clinic compliance and protocols, such as freezer setting, bio-hazards, sharps, cleaning, and infection protocols, among others. 
• Other related duties as assigned by the office manager. 

Qualifications

• Bilingual in English and Chinese is required.
• Phlebotomist certification is required.
• High level of professionalism and a strong sense of responsibility.
• Good communication skills, be kind, compassionate, and have good patient interaction.
• Multitasking ability.
• Ability to read and interpret documents like safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, as well as procedure manuals.
• You must have previous work experience in a medical or clinical setting.
• Familiarity with EMR systems is an advantage.

Rendr is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. Therefore, we look forward to reviewing your application and exploring the possibility of you joining our team!

How To Apply

Apply online through the company website.

Medical assistants are professionals who work directly with a physician to take care of patients. They mostly work closely with doctors in their offices and clinics, and they perform both clinical and administrative tasks. Some clinical skills of a medical assistant include working directly with patients, taking vitals, and collecting samples.

While the administrative skills may include office work such as scheduling appointments and organizing paperwork. 

Since they relate to various kinds of people in different types of situations, medical assistants need to be responsible, empathetic, and professional. Meanwhile, both patients and physicians must be able to trust their medical assistants to be honest, ethical, and advocate for their patients.

Medical Assistant Skills List

Listed below is a general list of skills that a medical assistant needs to have. Let’s check it out!

• You must know about measuring vital signs 
• Be able to perform CPR
• Listening with empathy 
• Must have good customer service skills
• Be able to think critically
• Understanding medical assistant terminology 
• Handling billing
• Answering phone calls 
• Scheduling appointments 
• Administering medications
• Giving injections (If medical assistants can give injections varies by state)
• Applying dressings
• Drawing blood (If medical assistants are allowed to draw blood varies by state)
• Starting IVs (If medical assistants are allowed to start IVs varies by state)
• Collecting urine samples
• Removing sutures
• Performing EKGs
• Preparing examination rooms 
• Interviewing patients before appointments
• Relaying patient and physician questions 
• Keeping supplies stocked and organized 

Clinical Skills You Will Need To Become A Medical Assistant

Clinical skills are referred to as the skills you need to take care of patients while they are in the examination or procedure room. When you possess good clinical skills, it will help keep your patients safe and comfortable. Lacking these skills has the potential to cause physical harm to the patients.

Below are some clinical skills you need as a medical assistant, scroll down 

Taking Vitals

A patient’s vital signs include the heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and temperature. You must know what normal vital signs are and when to report them to the doctor. This is because physicians base some of their treatments and diagnoses on vital signs, therefore, it’s essential to measure them accurately. 

Performing CPR

Although you may never have to perform CPR, you must know how to use basic life support in case of an emergency. Most employers will require you to complete a CPR class before you start working in their facility.

Removing Sutures

Removing stitches is a pretty simple procedure, however, it can lead to pain or infection if it’s not done correctly. As such, you must know how to remove the sutures and tell the doctor about anything that looks bad around the wound site. 

Applying Dressings

For some wounds or scrapes, you will need to do a little more than a standard band-aid. So, you need to have special training to apply some kinds of dressings. Special care must be taken to keep wounds clean and free of infection. 

Drawing Blood

Blood is often drawn to look for infections, cancers, kidney problems, diabetes, and many other things. As a medical assistant, you will need to know how to draw blood safely and efficiently. Most patients feel at ease when their medical assistant can collect enough blood on the first try. You should consider taking a phlebotomy course before you begin your work as a medical assistant.

Collecting Urine Or Stool Samples 

Even though it’s not a good site to behold, collecting urine and stool samples gives the physician valuable information about how to best care for their patient. The urine and stool samples collected can be used to diagnose many different problems. 

Performing EKGs

EKGs are recordings of heart rhythms and can show things like heart attacks or heart inflammation. To perform an EKG, you will need to undergo some special training. 

Administrative Skills To Become A Medical Assistant

Scheduling Appointments

Doctors offices and clinics are often very busy and as such, some people have to schedule appointments months in advance. Therefore, keeping appointments organized is necessary to help everyone get the care that they require. 

Recording Visit Notes

You’ll need to understand your office’s computer system and be able to record vital signs and patient notes. This will allow the physicians to see accurate and well-organized information. 

Sending Billing Reminders

Medical assistants may have to make phone calls about people missing payments or help them set up payment plans. They can also help patients to acquire financial aid if the need arises.

Contacting Insurance Companies

Medical assistants are usually responsible for calling insurance companies for information about payments and previous authorization. So, you must know about medical billing and coding as it is very helpful.

Organizing The Office

Keeping both the front office and the supplies organized is part of the medical assistants’ responsibilities. Keeping the office or clinic clean and organized will make things easier for you and the doctors, and give you more time to care for patients. 

Soft Skills Required to Be a Medical Assistant

Good Communication

When working in healthcare, you must possess superb communication skills. This prevents errors from miscommunication and helps to keep the patients safe. Medical assistants need to ensure that the physician understands the patient’s concerns and that the patients understand the physician’s instructions.  

Empathetic Listening

As a medical assistant, you’ll be taking care of people who might not feel well, be afraid of the doctor’s office, or be nervous about a diagnosis. You’ll need to be a good listener to help your patients feel safe enough to express their concerns and ask for help.

Critical Thinking

In any healthcare setting, medical assistants need to know when a patient needs help urgently, or when something doesn’t seem right. Medical assistants are usually the first people who see patients, and they need to be able to notify the physician if they notice subtle problems.