When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.The Medical Assistant provides high quality, direct patient care in a team-based model to our BILH Primary Care-Mt. Auburn patients and supports smooth and efficient administrative and clinical practice operations. The Medical Assistant has the ability to work with people from different backgrounds and respects the beliefs of all patients and team members. Reports to the Practice Manager.Job Description:Essential Responsibilities including but not limited to:1. Through relationship development and care team coordination, contributes to the BILH Primary Care-Mt. Auburn patient, practice, and organizational goals. Develops long term empathetic relationships with patients, families and colleagues to contribute to patient care.2. Assists patient over the course of their visit: facilitates timely flow and informs patient and provider of any delay in a timely manner, engages with patient on visit reason, updates medication and allergy lists, reviews screening questions i.e. PHQ-9, acts as liaison between patient and practice staff to ensure optimal flow and service delivery.3. Communicates clearly with patient and team: provides hand-off to provider entering the exam room e.g., reason for the visit, abnormal vitals, patient stories.4. Performs medical assisting duties under proper supervision, which may include, but are not limited to: obtaining accurate vital signs, height, and weight measurements, performing EKGs, point of care testing, phlebotomy, administering immunizations certified MAs only, and assisting during routine procedures.5. Essential to Population Health efforts by leading conversations to meet quality and population health goals through outreach and health coaching. Monitors practice activity, both electronically and in person. Identifies, addresses, and conducts outreach to patients with health mainte
