Medical Assistant

OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY
Provide a variety of clinical duties under the direction of a Medical Provider as well as perform outreach activities. Follow established Medical Assistant guidelines as approved by Lincoln Community Health Center.

QUALIFICATIONS
General clinical knowledge to include performing basic laboratory test, patient education, and patient medical histories usually obtained through clinical internships. The position requires excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate effectively with patients, clinical staff and Medical Providers.

Graduation from an accredited Medical Assisting Program preferably with an associate degree in medical assisting supplemented by the RMA and/or CMA exam or non-Certified. Phlebotomy experience a plus!

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified community health center located in Durham, NC is recruiting for Medical Assistants. Durham is known as the Bull City, the City of Medicine, the Tastiest Town in the South, and the Startup Capital of the South. It’s a two-hour drive from the beach, a three-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is North Carolina’s fourth largest city by population. Along the East Coast, Durham is located conveniently along I-85. For those outside of driving distance, travel to and from is made easy as the City and County of Durham co-own the top-ranked Raleigh-Durham International Airport that services more than 45 nonstop destinations.

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional, and personalized manner.

Key requirements for any position are our “Core Values”:
•Courtesy
•Respect
•Quality
•Accessibility
•Teamwork
•Continuous Improvement
•Accountability

LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.