Job Summary:This full-time Medical Assistant position offers a dynamic and fast-paced opportunity to work alongside our diabetic Physician Assistant across six MaineGeneral family practices. As a key team member, you will support care at Augusta Family Medicine, Oakland Family Medicine (your home base for administrative work on Mondays), Thayer Internal Medicine, Elmwood Primary, Gardiner Family Medicine, and Winthrop Family Medicine. Travel reimbursement is provided, making this role an attractive option for candidates who value both variety and compensation for travel.

Job Description:

What you will have:

Positive attitude and team-oriented!  Proficiency in a suite of Microsoft Office applications and multiple computer applicationsAbility to work independently, effectively manage time and multiple priorities, and problem solve within a team setting.Detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills and ability to multi-taskConfident and effective oral and written communication skills

What you may be doing:

Working with medical staff to enhance patient care and wellness through rooming and obtaining vital signs, reconciling the medical record, tracking preventative care records, and assisting with patient calls.Assisting with collecting statistics and preparing patient for their visit with medical staff.Assisting with basic diagnostic procedures and performing specimen collection as required.Communicating observed changes in patient condition to medical staff for assessment and documenting any patient care given.Maintaining equipment and medical supplies, including reordering, stocking, cleaning, and troubleshooting. Maintaining cleanliness and readiness of use of examination and procedural areas.Performing administrative or clerical duties as assigned, including filing, reception, scheduling, scribing, data entry, prior authorization and patient registration.

Candidates must meet one of the following criteria:

Previous Work Experience: Work experience as a Medical Assistant.Certification: Certified by an accredited Medical Assistant program.Education: Possession of an associate degree in Medical Assisting from an accredited school.

Additional Job Description

Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or Certified as a Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), American Medical Technologists (AMT), National Health Career Association (NHA), National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) or Registered as a Medical Assistant (RMA) by the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) or Maine State Licensure as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) required.

Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:40

Scheduled Work Shift:Day (United States of America)

Job Exempt: No

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .