Callen-Lorde is seeking a friendly, team oriented, certified Medical Assistant (MA) to join our nursing team. The MA is responsible for preparing exam rooms, assisting Medical Providers, rooming patients, taking vital signs and providing clinical support. MAs also perform lab duties including venipuncture, processing of in-house lab tests, and packing specimens for shipment. This individual is expected to maintain a high degree of professional competence and the highest possible ethical standards, ensuring patient confidentiality and function as part of a care-giving team.

As a Medical Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Obtain and document vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
• Assist medical providers with patient preparation and support for procedures like pap smears, biopsies, STD screenings, colposcopies, and incision & drainage.
• Conduct phlebotomy services to ensure proper processing and documentation of laboratory specimens.
• Perform clinical tests including dipstick urinalysis, peak flow measurements, finger sticks for glucose, urine pregnancy testing, visual acuity tests, and EKGs.
• Manage common work areas, exam rooms, and clinical equipment, ensuring they are clean, prepared, and sterilized between visits.
   

Benefits

Callen-Lorde is a great place to work – we’re passionate, mission-driven people who care about health justice for LGBTQ communities. In addition to being part of a fantastic team, all full-time employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package including an exceptional low cost medical plan option for you, your domestic partner and/or your family, tuition assistance, dental insurance, vision insurance, no cost life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account, commuter benefits, a generous paid time off plan, and a 403B retirement savings plan. Learn more about our employee benefits  https://callen-lorde.org/benefits/

Qualifications

• Medical Assistant Diploma/Certification
• Current CPR certification
• 2+ years of experience as a certified Medical Assistant in an out-patient clinical setting preferred
• Lab/phlebotomy experience
• Experience working with an Electronic Medical Record
• Strong computer competency
• Experience working with LGBT and HIV + populations strongly preferred
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred

Desired Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work within team-based structure
• Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde