MEDICAL ASSISTANT/PHLEBOTOMIST at Pines Health Services

Description

M-F 8a-5p 

Are you ready to be part of a fun, engaging, and hardworking team?
Voted one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Maine, Pines Health Services is where you want to be!

We currently have an immediate opening for a Medical Assistant with Phlebotomy responsibilities at our growing Fort Fairfield practice.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to our mission, vision, and goals while delivering exceptional patient care. This position plays a key role in ensuring the smooth daily operations of the practice by:

• Supporting patients and providers during visits and procedures
   
• Screening patient calls and coordinating with the care team
   
• Performing venipuncture and collecting blood specimens in the office setting
   
• Assisting at various work sites as designated
   

Qualifications:

• Strong computer skills
   
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
   
• Exceptional listening and problem-solving abilities
   
• Ability to prioritize workload and work both independently and professionally
   
• Prior experience preferred—but we will train the right candidate!
   

Join a team where your dedication makes a real difference in the lives of our patients every day.

 We will also consider LPNs or RNs with strong clinical backgrounds. 

Essential Functions:

• Ability to communicate verbally in a professional manner with patients, providers, and staff.
• Ability to follow directions from physician or mid-level provider.
• Ability to record patient data in the electronic medical records for providers (i.e., vital signs, vision tests, histories, etc.).
• Providing patient education on medications as needed.
• Ability to process lab work, and office procedures, and make appointments for diagnostic or specialty testing while educating patients about procedures and preparation for procedures.
• Prepares (to include stocking of medical supplies as needed) and cleans exam rooms for provider/patient needs.
• Completes proper sterilization of all office instruments and equipment as necessary.
• Assesses all clinical calls with the provider to determine acuity.
• Must have the ability to administer injections and have knowledge of immunizations.
• Maintains smooth flow in the daily schedule between providers and patients.
• Maintains electronic medical records, reads and adds dictation to records, scanning lab results.
• Upon provider orders, relays patient prescriptions to the pharmacist, follow-up orders, and notification of test results.
• Responsible for obtaining and preparing electronic medical records for providers to review and document.
• Performs a variety of routine blood drawing procedures, including venipuncture, using standard equipment such as vacutainer tubes and sleeves, tourniquets, syringes, and butterfly needles.
• Interacts directly with patient records, explain procedures, allay fears and elicit cooperation.
• Utilizes standard procedures for the maintenance of positive patient identification; records appropriate collection information by the established protocol.
• Processes, registers, orders, labels, and stores blood samples for subsequent analysis.
• Maintains the inventory of supplies, reordering as required; stacks supplies on carts and hand trays.
• Perform various quality control procedures to maintain compliance with internal and external regulations.

Requirements

Availability Requirements:
Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. May require evening or weekend hours.

Education:

• High school diploma or GED Preferred. 
• Maintain Medical Assistant Certification or obtain within one year of the date of hire.
• At least one year of recent, directly related experience including three months practicum gained in a physician practice, hospital, or laboratory setting or a Phlebotomy Certificate - preferred. 
• Must maintain BLS certification through the American Heart Association.

Contact:   

• For the full job description or additional information, please contact Kelly at (207) 498-1311 or [email protected].
• Pines Health Services offers a competitive benefits package. You can view the complete details here: Pines Health Services Benefits.