Medical Assistant Coordinator

Join our caring healthcare team as a full-time Medical Assistant Coordinator. You'll help make sure everything runs smoothly and patients get great care. You'll coordinate what medical assistants do each day, manage schedules, and make sure patients move through smoothly. You'll keep track of patient appointments and records, and help providers give top-notch care. You'll also teach and support medical assistants to follow health rules. Talking kindly with patients, you'll listen to their worries and give them help. Your careful work and dedication will make our clinic a great place for everyone.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leading provider of behavioral and primary health care services. Over four decades, Chestnut has grown to almost 800 committed, compassionate employees providing substance use, mental health, and primary care treatment to patients in Illinois and Missouri. We provide fully integrated care for all our patients by combining behavioral health care services with our community-based primary care health centers. Chestnut also conducts research and training throughout the U.S.A.

**Please note to be considered for a position you must attach a resume, complete the application, and answer all screening questions. 

• Supervision and Training: Supervise, train, schedule, and evaluate Medical Assistants and Interns.
• Leadership and Support: Act as a role model and leader, ensuring positive interactions within Chestnut and with patients. Provide support services such as answering phones, preparing charts, and completing phone screens.
• Patient Interaction: Schedule, greet, escort patients, and assist with paperwork. Interview patients to gather health history and current medications. Provide health education.
• Clinical Tasks: Take and document vital signs, perform phlebotomy, collect non-blood specimens, and conduct point-of-care testing. Prepare and assist with medical examinations.
• Inventory Management: Manage and stock exam rooms, labs, and other areas.
• Confidentiality: Maintain and protect the confidentiality of organizational information, including financial and client data.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
• 3 years of experience as a CMA or a CNA in an ambulatory setting.
• 3 years of supervisory experience in an ambulatory setting.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft suite, Adobe Acrobat, and electronic medical records (EMR).
• Ability to assist in common office procedures.

Are you intrigued by this job but don’t meet every single requirement? Chestnut is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about any of our posted positions but your experience doesn’t line up perfectly, please apply anyway! We’d love to explore the possibilities with you.

Chestnut Health Systems is a leader in the effort to achieve health equity, providing high-quality health and human services in underserved communities. We deliver trauma-informed, fully integrated care by combining behavioral health with community-based primary health care. Chestnut’s research division is nationally recognized for its contribution to evidence-based practices. Our empathic and innovative employees live our mission of making a difference.

Chestnut offers a new salary structure and robust benefits!

EOE – Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. Chestnut welcomes applications from qualified individuals with recovery experience.