Certified Medical Assistant

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Outpatient Clinics (Beverly, Salem, Gloucester, Danvers) Medical Assistant is an empathetic individual that provides supportive clinical services within a team-based care team. The Medical Assistant supports the clinical work at the clinics and works collaboratively to enhance the medical screening, monitoring and overall health of all clients served.

Job Description:

• Benefits that start day-!

• Monday - Friday, days (40 Hours)

Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities:

• Interview clients to complete brief medical and health assessments

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills concerning appropriate documentation of allergies, medication updates, past medical history and any other information that is added to the medical record of an individual client

• Measure vital signs, weight, and height, and review systems, as indicated

• Perform other health assessments, including assisting with and administering screening tools, and measures

• Alerting appropriate staff concerning findings on screeners and recommend to, and assist clients with addressing findings

• Assists with care coordination within and outside the agency.

• As directed and indicated, provide education and wellness activities both individually and in groups

• Perform blood draws as needed

• Obtain toxicology samples and label them accurately

• Collaborate with a range of multidisciplinary team members to meet the needs of clients

• Supports client care and the multidisciplinary team by anticipating administrative functions that require support including but not limited to monitoring clinical messaging, supporting providers with completion of client follow up letters and updating the medical record with client information under the guidance of the provider.

• Monitors and stocks supplies for the clinical needs of the programs

• Deployed at a primary site, with remote oversight of additional programs.

• Using Epic in various forms.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Education:

• High school diploma or GED required

• Graduate of Certified Medical Assistant Program required

• Current CPR certification required

• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

• Experience working in a behavioral health setting, preferred

Pay Range:

$20.00 - $24.38

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled