Cascade AIDS Project (CAP), the oldest and largest AIDS Service Organization (ASO) in Oregon and Southwest Washington, is committed to preventing HIV infections, supporting and empowering people living with or affected by HIV and eliminating HIV-related stigma and health disparities. Learn more about us at www.cascadeaids.org/.

CAP is excited to announce that we are hiring an experienced full-time Certified Medical Assistant to support providers and provide care to patients at CAP’s newly created LGBTQ focused primary care health center. This position will start in February 2017.

Opening in 2017, the health center will offer a safe, affirming, and non-judgmental space where all members of the LGBTQ community can obtain the compassionate and culturally affirming health care they need and deserve. In addition to comprehensive primary care, we anticipate offering our regular HIV and STI testing, specialized services for the transgender community, mental health care, and an integrated pharmacy.

With this health center, CAP is expanding its mission to serve the broader LGBTQ community and is committed to removing barriers, improving access, and most importantly providing quality health care for all LGBTQ people and their families in the Portland metro region.

SCOPE OF WORK:
The Certified Medical Assistant is a multi-skilled professional who assists health care providers to deliver quality health care to the patient. The Certified Medical Assistant serves as a liaison between patients and healthcare providers, ensuring excellent patient care at all times. The Certified Medical Assistant is expected to conduct themselves with a high degree of professionalism bytreating all patients and guests with respect and courtesy. This person should be educated, certified, and trained to perform both administrative and clinical skills in a medical office environment.

This full-time position reports to the Manager of Healthcare Operations and will work out of CAP’s SE Belmont, Portland office. Travel throughout the county as well as evening and weekend work is occasionally required. This is a non-management, union-represented position.