JOB DETAILS
Lead Medical Assistant
CompanyHAYMARKET CENTER
LocationChicago
Work ModeOn Site
PostedSeptember 10, 2026
About The Company
The mission of Haymarket Center is to aid people with substance use disorders in their recovery by providing comprehensive behavioral health solutions.
Haymarket goes beyond treatment of addiction – from detoxification, to recovery, to finding a home, learning a job skill and gaining employment. Haymarket Center’s goal is to provide its clients with opportunities enabling them to lead productive and creative lifestyles without drugs.
Founded in 1975 by the late Monsignor Ignatius McDermott and Dr. James West, Haymarket Center is the largest not-for-profit community-based adult detoxification, residential, and outpatient substance abuse treatment facility in Chicago.
Msgr. McDermotts and Dr. West’s understanding of addiction as a disease provided the motivation for their call for treatment in lieu of criminalization. This fundamental perspective continues to guide Haymarket Center in pioneering innovative, high quality, community-based, social setting behavioral health programs that are gender responsive, culturally appropriate and population specific. Since its inception Haymarket Center has remained wholeheartedly devoted to identifying and designing new and progressive methods for furthering our founding mission.
With more than 30 specialized programs supporting our mission, more than half are CARF accredited programs that utilize evidence based practices which harness significant research that prove their effectiveness and insure greater success for our clients.
We have continually been faithful to our guiding principle of providing comprehensive substance abuse treatment and referrals to Chicago’s vastly ignored and underserved populations regardless of their ability to afford services. Our loyalty to these two fundamental principles has led Haymarket to develop programs in clinical treatment and supportive services to men, women and children, serving over 18,000 clients per year.
About the Role
Description
The Lead Medical Assistant will provide physician support and share administrative tasks to ensure that healthcare facilities run smoothly.
Requirements
- Adheres to and supports the mission, purpose, philosophy, objectives, policies and procedures of Haymarket Center.
- Coordinates day to day coverage for providers to ensure smooth clinic operations.
- Track lab orders and results to ensure appropriate follow-up is completed.
- Optimize resources and opportunitiesthrough community linkages and enhance social supports to encourage the improved healthcare management of the person served.
- Assists in the assessment of patient needs and health plan by taking vital signs, history and medication listing.
- Assess the patient to determine the chief complaint of physical, behavioral health and substance use disorders.
- Completes all necessary documentation in the patient's medical record in accordance with practices charting policy.
- Prepares equipment and assists physicians with medical treatments, exams and medical procedures.
- Administers intramuscular and subcutaneous and intradermal injections.
- Maintains a clean, orderly and safe environment for patients and visitors to include cleaning, sterilizing and storing instruments in accordance with practice policies.
- Stocks rooms in preparation for the daily work schedule.
- Takes inventory of medical and exam room supplies and ordering of medical supplies.
- Complies with established PPE requirements necessary for protection against exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and other chemical disinfectants.
- Answer office phones and assist front desk in scheduling appointments and directing calls appropriately.
- Assists in checking out patients and assists them with the referral processing and scheduling process.
- Assist with other functions of the physician practice as needed.
- Assists resident to link with needed family and community resources as coordinator and advocate.
- Attend patient staffing and/or interventions.
- Seeks appropriate supervision requiring clinical or programmatic decisions.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
Education, Experience & Skills
- High school diploma/GED required.
- Completion of an accredited Medical Assisting Program;
- Certification: Medical Assistant Preferred
- CPR/BLS certification is required;
- One year experience working in a physician office;
- Knowledge of substance abuse or related field;
- Good verbal and written communication skills;
- Ability to work effectively on a team.
Key Skills
Medical AssistingPatient AssessmentVital SignsInjectionsLab Order TrackingClinical DocumentationSterilizationInventory ManagementPPE ComplianceSchedulingReferral ProcessingPatient AdvocacySubstance Abuse KnowledgeCommunication SkillsTeamworkCPR/BLS
Categories
HealthcareAdministrativeSocial Services
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The Lead Medical Assistant provides physician support by managing clinical operations, performing medical procedures, and assisting with patient assessments. They also handle administrative tasks such as scheduling, documentation, and coordinating community resources for patients.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
323
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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