Per Diem Health Specialist/ Certified Medical Assistant
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Summary
The Health Specialist performs clinical duties such as taking vital signs, phlebotomy, and assisting with medical procedures while managing clerical tasks like data entry and patient scheduling. They provide compassionate patient support and maintain office operations including telephone management and record keeping.
Job Description
Department
Health Services
Job Family
Staff - Union
Vassar College is deeply committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees by promoting an environment of transparency and respect for differences. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds who meet the qualifications of a posting. If you need to request an accommodation to fully participate in the search process, please contact [email protected].
Job Description
Schedule: Per Diem hours for Monday - Friday 8:45am - 5:15pm, Saturday & Sunday, 10:45am- 4:15pm during the Academic Year.
Position Summary
The Health Specialist/Certified Medical Assistant has both clinical and clerical duties. This is an in-person, per diem position and is not eligible for benefits.
Responsibilities:
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Preparing the patient for medical visits, outpatient procedures and other physical exams by performing vital signs, updating medical history in the electronic health record, and noting any changes in health status.
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Performing data entry tasks to document patient records within facility databases and maintaining patient files. Assists with the processing of incoming student medical forms.
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Assisting as a chaperone for sensitive exams or assisting with bedside outpatient medical procedures.
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Providing phlebotomy services to students and employees. On-site training to be provided. Processing tissue and lab specimens and entering patient insurance information for outpatient labs. Autoclave instruments and send out weekly spore testing.
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Performing EKGs when ordered by providers.
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Obtaining prior authorizations when necessary for providers.
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Prepping and stocking exam rooms as needed.
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Providing compassionate and inclusive patient support and care during office visits.
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Assisting patients with making follow-up appointments and referral appointments to off-campus providers and facilities.
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Assisting with the management of the office telephone systems; including answering calls and emails and returning messages.
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Assisting in the front office with greeting patients, checking patients in and out for their appointments, appointment scheduling, and making appointment confirmation reminders.
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Processing and reconciling the student account charges daily and tracking hold bills.
Required knowledge, skills and abilities:
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Completion of an accredited medical assisting program with a certification.
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Three years of progressively responsible administrative support experience.
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Strong computer skills including proficiency with Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn additional technical systems.
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Ability to consistently apply policies and procedures.
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Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Ability to interact effectively with a diverse community.
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Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
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Ability to interact socially with others.
Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities
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Previous medical office experience/administrative support.
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Familiarity with electronic record keeping.
Compensation
The compensation for this position is $20.37 per hour.
Formerly the Vassar College Art Gallery, we were the first art museum at a college or university that was part of the institution’s original plan. Today, the Loeb’s permanent collection includes over 22,000 works, comprised of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares. We strive to be a catalyst for scholarly, creative, and social justice work by Vassar students and others. Our undertakings reflect a commitment to broaden, and amplify, the voices represented in the museum setting, and to ensure that the Loeb’s programs and practices have a positive impact on our communities.
IMPACT STATEMENT
By engaging with the Loeb’s collections and programs, individuals build capacity to make meaningful connections—intellectual, creative, emotional—through the visual arts across time, place, and cultures.
COMMITMENT TO DEAI
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College commits to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion as core values across its culture, systems, and practices. We pledge to allocate resources (human and financial) to create and sustain a museum culture and program in which difference is celebrated. The Loeb can best serve its communities by examining critically its own history and systemic biases, and working continually to resist discrimination and present a variety of narratives. A fundamental shift in institutional ethos toward equity and inclusion enhances the Loeb’s mission to support the goals of the college.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is to enhance and support the College’s goals of leadership, scholarship, and integrative learning. The Loeb achieves this through the preservation, documentation, interpretation, presentation, and development of its collections; and through a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions and educational activities aimed at diverse audiences.
Founded
1864
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Poughkeepsie, NY
Formerly the Vassar College Art Gallery, we were the first art museum at a college or university that was part of the institution’s original plan. Today, the Loeb’s permanent collection includes over 22,000 works, comprised of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares. We strive to be a catalyst for scholarly, creative, and social justice work by Vassar students and others. Our undertakings reflect a commitment to broaden, and amplify, the voices represented in the museum setting, and to ensure that the Loeb’s programs and practices have a positive impact on our communities.
IMPACT STATEMENT
By engaging with the Loeb’s collections and programs, individuals build capacity to make meaningful connections—intellectual, creative, emotional—through the visual arts across time, place, and cultures.
COMMITMENT TO DEAI
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College commits to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion as core values across its culture, systems, and practices. We pledge to allocate resources (human and financial) to create and sustain a museum culture and program in which difference is celebrated. The Loeb can best serve its communities by examining critically its own history and systemic biases, and working continually to resist discrimination and present a variety of narratives. A fundamental shift in institutional ethos toward equity and inclusion enhances the Loeb’s mission to support the goals of the college.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is to enhance and support the College’s goals of leadership, scholarship, and integrative learning. The Loeb achieves this through the preservation, documentation, interpretation, presentation, and development of its collections; and through a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions and educational activities aimed at diverse audiences.
Founded
1864
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Poughkeepsie, NY
