Medical Assistant - Albany NY Full Time Details

Medical Assistant - Albany NY Full Time

St. Peter's Health Partners - Albany, NY

Employment Type : Full-Time

Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift

MEDICAL ASSISTANT - Pulmonary & Critical Care - Albany, Full Time

If you are looking for a Medical Assistant position in Albany, full-time, this could be your opportunity. Here at St. Peter's Health Partner's, we care for more people in more places. This position will be located at 5 Palisades Drive, Albany.

Position Highlights:

• Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
• Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development
• Work/Life: Monday – Friday Office Hours

What you will do:

Clinical and Clerical responsibilities in a Physicians Practice, with hands-on clinical responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Provides a variety of patient care and clerical functions in assisting with the care of patients within the appropriate scope of practice.
• Clinical functions include but are not limited to; rooming patients, vitals, taking histories, phlebotomy, EKGs, EMR, etc.
• Clerical functions include but are not limited to; check in, check out, Insurance verification, and medical records maintenance.

What you will need:

• Certification as Medical Assistant is highly preferred
  • Graduated from a Medical Assistant training program (proof required) or
  • 2 or more years of clinical work experience in a healthcare clinical capacity i.e. CNA.
  • If no certification, review class and certification exam must be completed and passed within 90 days of employment.
• Must be able to lift 20 lbs.
• High School diploma / GED required

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Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

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