Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

• Autonomy in a warm team environment

• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

• Company paid life insurance

• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Medical Assistant provides direct and non-direct patient care under the direct supervision and direction of the Health Services Administrator (HSA), Program Manager (PM), or higher licensed medical professional. They administer a variety of duties such as treatment to patients, laboratory, check in/out, and communicate with patients to maintain accurate patient events records. The Medical Assistant participates in the patient plan of care by following written/oral instructions and staying within scope of practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical responsibilities include preparing exam rooms, taking vital signs, assisting practitioners during exams, administering treatments, performing EKGs, obtaining lab specimens, and conducting on-site testing.

• Non-clinical responsibilities include answering phones, scheduling appointments, checking patients in and out, providing test results, ordering and stocking medications and supplies, and organizing the clinic and exam rooms.

• Administers medications and treatments as per physician orders, including oral, nasal, rectal, vaginal, topical, and aerosol/nebulizer medications, while accurately documenting in patient records.

• Reports any changes in patient condition to supervisors and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, as well as regulatory requirements.

• Assists in job shadowing and training of new employees, while maintaining a clean and organized medication cart and room.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Completion of an approved Medical Assistance program

Experience

• Previous correctional/detention facility experience preferred

• Three (3) years’ experience as a Medical Assistant preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted Certification as a Medical Assistant, if required in assigned state

• Phlebotomist certification

• Current (and must maintain) lifesaving BLS and ACLS certification through AHA

• Current (and must maintain) security clearance

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

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Requisition 24-163579

Location CA, San Luis Obispo

Facility CA San Luis Obispo Cty

Type PRN

Shift AWS 4x10 (CA)

Recruiter : Full Name: First Last Joy Foster

Recruiter : Email JoFoster@Wellpath.us