Bilingual Medical Assistant - (Bakersfield)

Job Posted 10/14/2024
Concentra Career Choice
Bakersfield, CA 93301
United States
Category Healthcare
Full-Time
Job Description
Overview:
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Medical Assistant

Location: Concentra - Burbank

Concentra has an opening for a Medical Support Specialist. When you build your career with Concentra, you will utilize your Medical Assistant training to learn and grow alongside a dedicated team, making a positive impact on our patient experience, their quality of care and happiness.

As a Medical Assistant you will:

Work one-on-one with patients as a health care provider

Monitor the flow of onboarding patients and delivering routine medical care

Handle blood draws, injections, EKGs, vitals, drug screens, rooming patients and much more.

Responsibilities:
Our Medical Assistant greet our patients, obtain their medical histories and verify patient information

Prepares patients for physical examinations, including taking vital signs and performing all required testing

Provide assistance during examinations and treatment

Perform ancillary testing and tasks as directed by the Center Medical Director (including but not limited to PFT, EKG, injections, audiograms, blood draws, etc.) and as certified

Performs DOT and Non-DOT drug and alcohol testing

In addition to Medical Assistant duties, you will be cross trained to perform Front Office duties including greeting patients, obtaining authorization, check in/out, communication of wait times, etc.

Qualifications:
High school graduate or equivalent

Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program, training as a medical assistant, or military medical specialist with current credentials in the state of employment

Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, clinical office environment

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA, RMA) preferred but not required

Prefer applicants who are conversationally fluent, can read and write in both English and Spanish

This job requires access to confidential and sensitive information, requiring ongoing discretion and secure information management.

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