Medical Assistant
Position: Medical Assistant
Company: Everest Health Partners, LLC
Location: Tysons Corner, VA
Employment Classification: Part Time (25 hours/week)
Schedule: Flexible Monday to Friday mornings or 3 full days a week
Employment Setting: Clinic, in-person
Hire Date: Immediate
Job Description:
Everest Health Partners is seeking experienced Medical Assistants with high emotional intelligence and a thirst for learning to join our clinical team. As a Medical Assistant, you will play a crucial role in providing excellent patient care and ensuring the smooth operation of our flagship office.
Company Overview:
Everest Health Partners is a medical company dedicated to optimizing healthcare and extending the healthy human lifespan. Based in Tysons Corner, VA, we offer Longevity Primary Care services to patients across the US and internationally. Our approach incorporates the Methuselah Protocol, developed in partnership with the Methuselah Foundation (a longevity-focused non-profit leading for more than 20 years), focusing on measures of biological age, health risk (morbidity and mortality), suboptimal health and evidence-based interventions proven safe and effective in humans.
We firmly believe that everyone deserves to live long and healthy and are determined to provide next-level care that we would offer our loved ones. This includes creating a comfortable, spa-like environment to ensure patients feel at ease and receive next-level patient care.
While we have been operating via telemedicine for over 2 years, we are now opening our flagship brick and mortar office in Tysons Corner and are looking for long-term, “high touch” innovative thinkers to join our team!
Responsibilities:
- Take patient vitals and assist physicians as requested
- Follow up on appointments via phone calls
- Provide trained education and coaching via telemedicine
- Perform and assist with all duties related to laboratory testing and specimen collection
- Administer non-intravenous injections and assist with front office and administrative tasks
- Optimize patient satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization
- Open and close office duties, including organizing schedules and completing referrals
- Monitor and manage supply inventory and ordering
- Perform EKGs, VO2max tests, and other measures of functional and cardiovascular health
- Provide education and coaching for lifestyle and behavioral health modifications
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, HIPAA, CLIA, and State of Virginia regulations
- Participate in continuous education to maintain qualifications
Requirements:
- Medical Assistant Certification or at least 2 years of experience with a learning attitude.
- 1-2 years of clinical experience in a physician office or ambulatory care setting.
- Computer literacy and familiarity with EMR
- Proficiency in phlebotomy and various specimen collection techniques.
- Thorough knowledge of HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA, and State of Virginia regulatory protocols.
- CPR certification.
- Startup attitude: creative, eager to learn, and excellent critical-thinking skills
- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal communication, and writing skills
Personal Skills:
- Behaves in a professional and empathetic manner to build trust, comfort, understanding, and relationships with patients
- Welcomes (including eye contact, smile, greeting, and personal introduction) the patient and secondary guest(s) to the clinic, ensuring comfort and anticipating needs
- Has attention to detail and accuracy with documentation and communication with patients and providers
- Feels personal ownership in providing excellent care and patient experience as a team through highly choreographed standard work; never satisfied with reaching measured goals, but strives to continually improve
- Identifies and participates in process improvement and problem solving in the work to decrease defects/barriers, enhance patient satisfaction and experience, and reduce waste and/or cost
- Has commitment to providing excellent patient care
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
Everest Health s is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion are driving forces for the success of our company.
Occupational Health and Safety:
Everest Health provides a workplace free from recognized hazards and complies with standards, rules, and regulations issued under the OSH Act.
At Everest Health Partners, we value innovation, compassion, and a commitment to excellence. Our team consists of individuals who thrive on difficult challenges and pioneering research. We bring diverse skills and a shared commitment to every project. If you are eager to make a meaningful impact and excited by the idea of achieving the unprecedented, consider joining us. Send your resume to careers@goeverest.com