Certified Medical Assistant (CMA/RMA) - Emergency Department CFH
Carle Health•Urbana, IL
•Onsite
About The Position
The ED CMA/MA performs routine patient care support duties in the Emergency Department to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients to expedite throughput and patient care. This role functions within the ED under the direction of the ED Physician and/or ED APP and the ED resource nurse. The CMA/MA is responsible for maintaining equipment, supplies, and providing patient care under the direct supervision of the medical and nursing staff.
Requirements
- Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days – American Heart Association (AHA)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AAH) – American Allied Health (AAH)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AMT) – American Medical Technologists (AMT)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (ARMA) within 6 months – American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
- High School Diploma/GED
Nice To Haves
- Relevant clinical or medical assistant experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Rooming patients by collecting chief complaint information, vital signs, and medication reconciliation
- Providing patient education and written instructions using approved pamphlets, brochures, or handouts as directed by the RN or provider
- Calling in non-narcotic prescriptions and prescription substitutions to pharmacies per provider direction
- Accepting telephone, verbal, or written orders in accordance with Order Mode/Entry policies and provider authentication requirements
- Completing forms such as FMLA, DOT, IPPE, AWV, and other patient documentation
- Performing venipuncture for specimen collection
- Processing CLIA-waived laboratory testing per service-line protocols
- Providing simple wound care under RN or provider assessment and supervision
- Administering saline solutions for simple wound irrigation
- Serving as procedural consent witness and completing procedure time-out forms
- Cleaning and maintaining instruments and equipment
- Obtaining fetal heart tones
- Applying slings and splints under provider direction and supervision
- Suturing wounds in non-cosmetic areas under provider direction and supervision
- Removing sutures from well-healed wounds under provider supervision
- Administering medications per provider order
- Retrieving and distributing condition-specific educational materials per provider direction
- Assisting emergency department providers with direct patient care within scope of practice
- Facilitating patient throughput, including rooming, transfers, and discharge assistance
- Obtaining vital signs and collecting patient intake data for provider visits
- Assisting providers during procedures
- Performing EKGs, ear irrigations, vision screenings, dressing changes, wound care, splint application, point-of-care testing, medication administration, fetal heart tone checks, and specimen collection
- Cleaning equipment and assisting with staff training and onboarding
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
