Medical Assistant, Certified- Cardiology

Lifepoint Health • Athens, TN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Starr Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Certified Medical Assistant joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
How you’ll contribute:
As a Certified Medical Assistant, your clinical expertise and patient-centered approach truly make an impact. You will perform routine clinical and administrative duties to support the daily operations of the practice and ensure excellent patient experience. This includes but is not limited to:
Assisting the physician or nurse with patient assessments, treatments, and clinical procedures
Performing basic diagnostic and specimen collection.
Monitoring and reporting changes in patient condition
Accurately documents patient care
Ensures exam rooms, equipment, and medical supplies are clean, stocked, and function appropriately
Supporting administrative functions such as scheduling, reception, registration, filing and data entry as needed
Why join us:
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — tailored benefit options for part-time employees, and more.
Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid time off.
Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and 401(k) retirement package with company match.
Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
About Starr Regional Medical Center’s Athens Campus:
Starr Regional Medical Center- Athens provides cardiovascular, emergency, medical imaging, orthopedic, rehabilitation, surgical, women's health and many other services to McMinn County. Starr Regional Medical Center is a part of Lifepoint Health, a network of hospitals across the nation, each of which is committed to providing quality healthcare close to home. We are united by a shared mission, vision, values and set of guiding principles that inform our actions and define what you can expect from our hospital and all Lifepoint Health facilities. We are proud to share this culture with our communities and apply these principles to all that we do at Starr Regional Medical Center.
EEOC Statement:
Starr Regional Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Starr Regional Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent work experience required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 30 days of hire
• CMA, RMA, or CCMA through AAMA or NHA required

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Assisting the physician or nurse with patient assessments, treatments, and clinical procedures
• Performing basic diagnostic and specimen collection.
• Monitoring and reporting changes in patient condition
• Accurately documents patient care
• Ensures exam rooms, equipment, and medical supplies are clean, stocked, and function appropriately
• Supporting administrative functions such as scheduling, reception, registration, filing and data entry as needed

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — tailored benefit options for part-time employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees