Beth Israel Lahey Health

Medical Assistant – Family Medicine

Beth Israel Lahey Health
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeMedford • Massachusetts • United StatesJunior💰 $21 - $28 per hourWebsite
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Demonstrates proficiency in direct patient care, including vital sign measurement, EKGs, and phlebotomy, while ensuring compliance with OSHA standards and effective use of EHR systems for documentation and prescription management.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Direct Patient CareVital Sign MeasurementEHR DocumentationPhlebotomyOSHA Compliance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide high quality, direct patient care in a team-based model to BIDHC patients
  • Support smooth and efficient administrative and clinical practice operations
  • Develop empathetic relationships with patients, families, and colleagues
  • Facilitate patient flow and communicate delays to patients and providers
  • Update medication and allergy lists and review screening questions
  • Provide hand-offs to providers, including visit reasons, abnormal vitals, and patient information
  • Obtain vital signs, height, and weight measurements; perform EKGs, point-of-care testing, phlebotomy, immunizations, and assist with routine procedures
  • Conduct outreach and basic health coaching for health maintenance and chronic disease management needs
  • Monitor, order, and maintain medical equipment and supplies
  • Use the EHR to queue prescription renewals, add medications, enter or scribe orders, and document visit tasks for billing
  • Schedule diagnostic and laboratory tests and verify insurance, prior authorizations, referrals, and pre-certifications
  • Identify OSHA compliance issues and promote patient safety and proper PHI use
  • Report to the Practice Manager

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • High School diploma or GED required
  • Minimum of 6 months clinical classroom
  • Ability to work with people from different backgrounds and respect the beliefs of all patients and team members
  • Medical assisting duties requiring proper supervision, including immunization administration only for Medical Assistants graduated from an accredited MA program
  • Preferred: 0-1 years related work experience or customer service related experience in any field
  • Preferred: Graduate from BILH Primary Care Clinical Assistant Training program, EMT Basic License, Phlebotomy Certificate, or other healthcare training

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Influenza vaccination required as a condition of employment
  • Potential shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, and overtime pay, as applicable

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Hard Skills
Vital Sign MeasurementEKG AdministrationPhlebotomyImmunization AdministrationPoint-Of-Care TestingMedication ManagementPatient Flow FacilitationHealth CoachingClinical Procedure AssistanceDiagnostic Test Scheduling
Soft Skills
EmpathyCommunicationTeam CollaborationCultural SensitivityPatient Relationship Building
Tools & Technologies
EHR SystemMedical EquipmentPrescription Management Software
Certifications & Qualifications
High School DiplomaGEDPhlebotomy CertificateEMT Basic License
Industry Keywords
Patient CareClinical OperationsHealthcare TrainingPatient SafetyPHI Compliance