Certified Medical Assistant, Days, Downtown

UofL Health - Louisville, KY

Full-time - Entry Level

Louisville, KY

10,001+ employees

About the position

University of Louisville Physicians is hiring a CMA for a full-time position during the day. UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with seven hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 700 providers. The organization is focused on delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient every day.

Responsibilities

• Obtain medical history, triage patients, record vitals.
• Reconcile medication list in EHR.
• Responds timely and appropriately to tasks.
• Gives injections per physician order (i.e. Hepatitis A&B, PPD and flu vaccine).
• Reports any abnormal results to physician immediately (i.e. labs, etc.).
• Maintains clean exam rooms.
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to organizational policy and procedure.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED), required.
• Medical Assisting certification from a nationally recognized organization (such as CMA, CCMA, or RMA), required.
• Medical Assisting Degree, preferred.
• Minimum one year of working in a medical facility as a medical assistant and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office, preferred.
• Electrocardiogram (EKG), vital signs, venipuncture, capillary, and injection experience.
• BLS through the American Heart Association required.

Nice-to-haves

• Medical Assisting Degree, preferred.
• Minimum one year of working in a medical facility as a medical assistant and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office, preferred.