Job Detail

Clinical Medical Assistant

Are you passionate about making a difference and contributing to patients’ personalized healthcare services in a supportive and collaborative team environment?

Join Us! An Optimal You is seeking a skilled, certified Medical Assistant to join our dynamic team!

An Optimal You is a premier provider of personalized, tailored healthcare services in Murrieta and the surrounding area in California, led by industry-leading physician Dr. Laurie Blanscet, DO. This private-pay integrative medical office offers high-quality medical services to help achieve optimal results-driven wellness and exceptional patient care in a state-of-the-art facility.

At An Optimal You, our mission is to provide personalized, integrative medical care to help our patients live vital, joyous, healthy lives. We achieve this mission by offering concierge-type medical care and providing the best customer service in our industry. Every patient’s interaction with our office must be of the highest quality.

We are recruiting applicants to fill a full-time (open to part-time) certified medical assistant opening to join our thriving team and contribute to the patient’s success in a happier, healthier life. We seek a candidate who loves to help each patient feel comfortable, safe, welcome, listened to, and cared for, with a warm, friendly demeanor.

Our Core Values are:

• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Passion for helping others
• Patience
• Flexibility
• Creativity
• Communication
• Respect
• Excellence
• Health and Well-being
• Honesty
• Trustworthy
• Dependability

If your values align with ours and you wish to work in a collaborative environment that delivers high-quality, personalized medical care, this is a great opportunity!

Duties & Responsibilities

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform Patient Assessments: assist with patient triage by phone, email, or text by taking detailed messages as needed for the RN or physician, current health status, progress of acute or chronic condition(s), and/or a brief medical history, etc.
• Prioritizing patients’ phone calls, emails, and text questions for the RN and or physician
• Administer injections, treatments, and medications per RN or physician instructions
• Perform in-office medical testing such as EKGs, PFTs, UAs, nebulizer treatments, audiograms, vision screens, etc., with precision and compassion.
• Assisting with the collection of patients' urine, stool, or sputum samples for testing and preparing them to send to the lab
• Assisting with taking patients back from the reception area to an exam room and taking vital signs
• Assist with stocking exam and IV rooms
• Assist with maintaining exam and IV rooms clean, tidy, and organized
• Assist with keeping track of inventory needed
• Assist with cleaning and sterilization of medical instruments

On Occasion:

• Coordinating Patient Care: obtaining prior authorizations from patients’ healthcare insurance, returning patients’ calls, emails, or texts with information about their medical questions/results per the RN or physician’s instructions, obtaining patients’ medical records, assisting patients with appointments at specialists' and radiology facilities, etc.
• Assisting with answering incoming phone calls with professionalism
• Assisting with scheduling appointments
• Entering, updating, and verifying patients' demographics and/or healthcare insurance
• Assisting in handling patient billing and payment issues
• Processing payments
• Educating patients on office protocols for the services we offer.

Capable In (a must):

• Greeting everyone who walks through the front door in a warm, friendly, and professional manner
• Assisting in collecting monies at the time services are rendered

Overall:

• Educate patients and their families on health management, disease prevention, and treatment options per RN or physician instructions.
• Counseling patients on follow-up care per the physician's instructions
• Maintain accurate medical records and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Graduate of an accredited medical assistant program
• Current MA certification is preferred.
• A minimum of two years of clinical back-office medical assisting experience in an outpatient or similar setting is preferred.
• AHA BLS certification
• Effective communication—strong written and verbal communication
• Strong clinical skills and attention to detail
• Commitment to providing patient-centered care and promoting wellness

Candidates must also be proficient with computers to work with our scheduling software, AdvancedMD. We do not use an EMR for charting.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan
• Profit sharing
• Paid time off
• Professional and personal development opportunities

Benefits available upon a 90-day probationary period include 401(k), profit sharing, and paid time off.

Compensation & Shift

• Salary is negotiable and dependent upon experience
• 40 hours a week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday and Friday from 8 AM to 2:30 PM). However, we are open to part-time hours.

An Optimal You is an equal opportunity employer and a 100% tobacco-free company.

Why An Optimal You?

• A supportive work environment with a collaborative team
• Convenient location in Murrieta, close to amenities and natural beauty.
• A concierge medical practice that allows us to provide top-notch care

If you’re ready to take your healthcare career to the next level and join a practice dedicated to optimizing health and wellness, we invite you to apply today! We want more than an employee—we want a team member!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Free parking
• On-the-job training
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Profit sharing

Experience:

• back office medical assistant : 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Murrieta, CA 92563 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Murrieta, CA 92563: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person