Professor - Medical Ethics jobs in Long Beach, CA

As a Medical Assistant at our facility, you will play a crucial role in assisting healthcare providers in delivering exceptional patient care. Your responsibilities will include rooming patients, taking vitals, preparing exam rooms, assisting with procedures, and maintaining accurate medical records. We are looking for someone who is detail-oriented, organized, and passionate about helping others. This position reports to the Clinic Supervisor.

Essential Functions

• Answers multi-line phone, screens, and routes calls, takes messages for clinic staff and physicians.
• Schedules and edits patient physician appointments for new and returning patients.
• Assists physician in a variety of treatment and examination procedures such as pelvic, vaginal, and rectal examinations.
• Operates a variety of medical treatment and monitoring equipment.
• Removes, cleanses, medicates, and bandages sterile wound dressings.
• Prepares patients for examination or treatment and performs routine screening tests. 
• Assists physicians with procedure set-ups, patient procedures and examinations. Administers medication by intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections, performs skin tests, venipunctures and other technical supportive services upon the specific authorization and supervision of a licensed physician or nurse.
• Treat all information, data and training materials utilized in the scope of the position with complete confidentiality and security.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Recognize and respect cultural diversity.
• Computer operation and EMR.
• Speak clearly and concisely. Able to communicate clearly and effectively in person, in writing, or by phone.
• Employ professional telephone etiquette and interpersonal techniques.
• Utilize and apply medical terminology appropriately.
• Ability to multitask and promote teamwork.
• Bilingual is a plus.

Education Certification

Graduate of accredited school for medical assistants or an equivalent combination of coursework, experience/training to qualify to sit for the CA State or National Certification exam.

Experience

• Three to five years of experience in a clinical setting.
• Two years medical assisting experience in a clinical setting.
• Two years experience providing a high level of customer service in a fast-paced environment, including handling confidential data with discretion.

Requirement

• Current Medical Assistant Certification 
• Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS)

BENEFITS

We offer a competitive salary with BCBS PPO health insurance, Delta Dental, VSP Vision, EAP, HSA options, 403b retirement, employer-paid life insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness, cancer coverage, travel stipend, vacation, and sick benefits for all Full-Time positions. We also provide assistance with finding housing on Catalina Island.

CIH is an equal opportunity employer.