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Beth Israel Lahey HealthPosted 10/20/2026full-timeBelmont • Massachusetts • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $21 - $28 per hourWebsite
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates proficiency in patient care, including vital sign measurement, EKGs, and phlebotomy, while ensuring compliance with safety standards and effective communication with patients and healthcare teams. Capable of utilizing electronic health records for documentation and prescription management.
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Certified Medical AssistantPhlebotomyPatient CareElectronic Health Records (EHR)OSHA Compliance
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop empathetic relationships with patients, families, and colleagues
- Coordinate care team activities and contribute to patient, practice, and organizational goals
- Facilitate timely patient flow and communicate delays
- Engage patients about visit reasons and update medication and allergy lists
- Review screening questions such as PHQ-9
- Liaise between patients and practice staff
- Provide handoffs to providers, including visit reasons, abnormal vital signs, and patient information
- Obtain vital signs, height, and weight measurements
- Perform EKGs, point-of-care testing, and phlebotomy
- Administer immunizations when certified and assist with routine procedures
- Conduct patient outreach and basic health coaching for health maintenance and chronic disease management
- Monitor, order, clean, sterilize, and stock medical equipment and supplies
- Use the EHR to queue prescription renewals, add medications for provider review, enter clinician-directed orders, and document visit tasks for billing
- Schedule diagnostic and laboratory tests
- Verify insurance, prior authorizations, referrals, and pre-certifications
- Identify OSHA compliance issues and support patient safety
- Report adverse patient events and near misses
- Protect patient health information for treatment, payment, and operations purposes
Requirements
What you’ll need- High School diploma or GED required
- Bachelor's degree in Health Science preferred
- License Medical Assistant Certificate preferred, or Registration Certified Nursing Assistant preferred, or Certificate 1 EMT Basic License preferred, or Certificate 2 Phlebotomy Certificate preferred
- 0-1 years related work experience required
- Demonstrated Medical Assistant (MA) competencies within one year of hire
- Basic familiarity with computers
- Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications
- Certified Medical Assistant preferred
- Ability to make decisions based on specific instructions, standard practices, and established procedures
- Ability to address routine problems by following clear directions and procedures
- Ability to follow general instructions and procedures
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English
- Ability to comprehend and converse in English effectively
- Full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies
- Ability to work collaboratively in small teams
- Ability to provide professional, respectful, service-oriented customer service
- Competency to provide patient care to neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-age, and elderly age groups
- Ability to work with required protective equipment and potential exposure to infectious and bloodborne pathogens
- Ability to perform medium physical work, including standing/moving for most of the shift and lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally
Benefits
Comp & perks- Influenza vaccination required as a condition of employment
- Potential shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, and overtime pay, as applicable
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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Hard Skills
Vital Sign MeasurementEKG AdministrationPhlebotomyMedication ManagementPatient OutreachBasic Health CoachingDiagnostic SchedulingInsurance VerificationPoint-of-Care TestingImmunization Administration
Soft Skills
EmpathyEffective CommunicationTeam CollaborationCustomer ServiceProblem Solving
Tools & Technologies
Electronic Health Records (EHR)Medical EquipmentWeb-Based Applications
Certifications & Qualifications
Medical Assistant CertificateCertified Nursing AssistantEMT Basic LicensePhlebotomy Certificate
Industry Keywords
Patient SafetyHealth MaintenanceChronic Disease ManagementInfectious PathogensBloodborne Pathogens