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Posted: 15-Jul-24
Location: Santa Monica, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 140055855
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across an area that spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org
Come join our dedicated and caring team of professionals as a Medical Assistant II. With guidance and direction from our staff R.N. and L.V.N., the Medical Assistant will:
- Assist clinical staff at our primary care clinic in the delivery of health care to our clinic population.
- Interview patients, take vital signs, room patients for providers, and record services in patients' charts.
- Assist with procedures and screening tests, such as tympanometry, audiometry, UA, and pregnancy tests.
- Maintain stocks of clinical supplies.
- Assist in autoclaving, and with volunteer orientation.
- Provide pregnancy counseling and administer nebulizer treatments.
- Translate Spanish/English for providers as needed.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
Salary range: $22.65 - $29.92 Hourly
- As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of "health care services," which means "patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care".
- Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria.
- Documented evidence of completed Medical Assisting training (Medical Assistant Certification).
- Knowledge of medical terminology and knowledge of general medical and laboratory procedures.
- Ability to take vital signs (weight, height, blood pressure and pulse), and perform tympanometry and audiometry.
- Ability to perform lab-screening tests such as UA and pregnancy.
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills and the ability to understand and carefully transmit spoken and written instructions.
- Ability to float to other facilities within Los Angeles County as needed for coverage.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish (verbally).
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and interact in a professional manner with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
