Medical Assistant | Family Medicine | 40-Hour | Portland, Maine

Medical Assistant | Family Medicine | 40-Hour | Portland, MaineThe Medical Assistant (MA) is responsible for assisting with comprehensive care management in outpatient settings, including both primary and specialty care, under the delegation of a licensed clinician. To ensure a strong emphasis on delivering patient- and family-centered care, this role involves a highly collaborative relationship with physicians, advanced practitioners, and other healthcare professionals.Core responsibilities include possessing the clinical competencies necessary to perform the essential tasks of a Medical Assistant (MA). This includes gathering and updating relevant patient information and vital signs in patient charts based on visit type, completing clinical tasks as directed by licensed Clinician, medication and/or vaccine administration, performing diagnostic screenings, accurately collecting and preparing specimens for testing, setting up and assisting with in-office clinical procedures, refilling medications per protocol, completing patient clinical documents, maintaining clinical equipment and supplies including rotation, stocking and cleaning, documenting accurately, appropriately and timely into patients' charts, performing administrative duties as assigned including patient outreach and scheduling, coordinating patient care management with in-house specialties, community resources, home health, hospital or acute care, completing mandatory educational requirements and maintaining required certification, maintaining strict confidentiality in alignment with HIPAA guidelines and InterMed policies, and performing other duties as assigned to support the mission, vision and values of InterMed.InterMed's mission is to provide patient-centered primary care, putting the patient first to deliver high quality, high value care. The organization aims to provide the highest quality care to patients with a level of service that exceeds their expectations, maintain a positive attitude and always treat patients and each other with dignity and respect, insist on honesty and integrity from each other and business partners, make teamwork a core component of relationships between physicians, staff, and patients, embrace change to better serve patients, use business practices that feature individual accountability and group responsibility to ensure delivery of high value healthcare, and have fun as they carry out their mission to serve.Required education includes successful completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program, with an associate's degree program preferred. Experience of 0+ years is required. Required licenses/certifications include current CMA or RMA certification preferred, BLS required within 6 weeks of hire. Excellent professional judgement, phone skills and prioritization decision-making skills are also required, along with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and respond to rapidly changing, sometimes acute patient care needs. Knowledge of OSHA standards and regulations, professional appearance and demeanor, and proficiency in Windows and Microsoft applications, and electronic medical record (EMR) experience are preferred.InterMed is an equal opportunity workplace and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.