Medical Assistant

Summary

Join Belong Health as a Field-Based Medical Assistant or Medical Technician and play a critical role in ensuring the health and well-being of Medicare patients. You will assist mobile clinicians with in-home assessments, identifying healthcare needs, and coordinating care plans. This field-based remote position in Madison, Wisconsin requires close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Strong customer service and communication skills are essential. The role involves patient assessment, using mobile devices for exams and diagnostic tests, operating point-of-care lab equipment, and performing EKGs. Regular travel is required, necessitating a reliable vehicle and valid driver's license.

Requirements

• Medical Assistant with a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience
• Fluency in English
• Proficient computer skills for electronic health record documentation
• Strong customer service, communication, and technological skills
• Cultural competency - ability to interact with patients and families and develop rapport and trust, ability to communicate and provide verbal professional clinical presentations/summaries
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required
• Basic Life Support certification required. Ongoing maintenance of certification is also required
• Ability and willingness to travel locally and/or regionally is required
• A reliable vehicle and valid driver’s license with clean driving record is required

Responsibilities

• Work under the direct supervision of the field-based clinicians
• Communicate with a healthcare provider via messaging, video conference, and mobile device
• Patient assessment and monitoring inclusive of vital signs
• Facilitate a physical exam using a mobile device and conduct other diagnostic tests and treatments as requested by virtual provider, as permitted by state law
• Work directly with point of care laboratory equipment including operation, calibration, and maintenance
• Perform EKGs
• Assist NP/PAs in the daily functions of a mobile care delivery
• Patient documentation
• Restocking mobile care delivery supplies

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in Spanish preferred
• Additional medical education or training is preferred