Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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About Us

ChesPenn is a network of community health centers spanning Chester and Delaware Counties. Our mission is to provide quality, integrated, and culturally sensitive medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare to adults and children regardless of their income, insurance status, or ability to pay.

Simply put, our goal is to provide a healthcare home for every person living in the communities we serve. Be part of our mission to care for your community. This is a job that will love you back!

Position Summary

ChesPenn Health Services is seeking a patient-focused Medical Assistant to assist with patient care at our community health center in Upper Darby, PA. The Center for Family Health at Upper Darby is a busy primary care practice that includes primary adult care, pediatrics, and women's health. The Medical Assistant assist providers by rooming patients, taking vitals, administering injections, performing phlebotomy, and assisting in procedures.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant Program
• Current Basic Life Support or CPR certification
• Prior experience as a Medical Assistant preferred
• Current COVID-19 and flu vaccination required

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Ability to undertake a variety of diverse care tasks and work in a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to take patient history and vitals
• Demonstrated ability to perform venipuncture and laboratory tests
• Demonstrated ability to administer vaccinations
• Familiarity with primary care health, safety and sanitation standards and procedures
• Understanding of confidentiality obligations and best practices
• Excellent knowledge of medical terminology
• Good knowledge of MS Office and data entry
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassionate and able to handle stress
  

What Youll Do

• Prepare patients for the providers by obtaining and documenting medical history, vital signs, growth parameters, and reason for patient visit.
• Assist with examination and treatments.
• Administer injections.
• Performance of visual and auditory examination.
• Performs diagnostic laboratory procedures.
• Performs venipuncture and laboratory tests.
• Maintains documentation related to patient care.
• Models ChesPenns commitment to an outstanding patient experience at all times.
• Exhibits exemplary teamwork in support of co-workers.
• Limited evening and weekend hours are required.

What We Offer

ChesPenn offers generous benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401a retirement account, funded by ChesPenn
• Life insurance
• Generous vacation, sick, and personal leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

ChesPenn is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Because employees work with families and children and due to the sensitive nature of patient medical information, we requireall applicants who receive and accept employment offers tocomplete child abuse and criminal background checks before being hired.

NOTE:
ChesPenn uses a web-based application portal and emailing system to correspond with applicants.Please be sure to add notifications@app.bamboohr.com to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us.

Job Tags

Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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