Certified Medical Assistant
About The Position
Provides supervised health care services to patients and performs a variety of administrative and clinical support duties related to the Student Health clinic operations. This includes but is not limited to: performing various laboratory tests, medication and immunization administration, supporting patient¿s clinical appointments from access of care to discharge, ability to perform immunization compliance functions, follow blood-borne pathogen exposure protocols for students, documenting patient information clearly and accurately, and providing patient education on a wide variety of healthcare topics all within the scope of practice for a Certified Medical Assistant.
Requirements
- High School diploma, GED or equivalent from a recognized state or federal accrediting organization with a minimum of two years of experience in administrative and clinical support within an outpatient primary setting and a CCMA-Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) Credential, AAMA-American Association of Medical Assistant, MedCa Medical Career Assessment, RMA/NCMA Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Credential, or NCMA-National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) Credential Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NCRMA) Credential.
- Must possess a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS/BCLS certification.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working supervised in an outpatient healthcare clinic among a multidisciplinary team of staff and providers, using an electronic health record for documentation and e-prescribing as a provider agent.
- Experience in recognizing emergent symptoms of patient decompensation/instability and performing Basic Life Support CPR.
- Experience in administering vaccines, oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications.
- Experience with immunizations in children and adults.
Responsibilities
- PATIENT CARE: Provide patient care including rooming patients, measuring vital signs, taking chief complaints, venipuncture, injections, immunizations, dressing changes, performing CLIA-waived in-house testing, setting up and assisting providers during sensitive exams and all office procedures, maintaining rooms by established infection control principles, and providing education and guidance on health topics and immunizations. Schedule appointments as needed, check patients in and out from appointments, answer telephone and assist caller with needs, communicate with administrative and clinical staff on health related topics, and work within best practices as established in the healthcare industry.
- DOCUMENTATION: Documentation of patient care in electronic health record, to include but not limited to lab results from testing, direct and indirect patient care, progress notes, consents, scanning and attaching documents, completion of residency/rotation forms and, patient notification of laboratory results after review by ordering provider.
- SAFETY AND QUALITY PROCESSES: Participate in clinic safety and quality processes, to include cleaning examination rooms, monitoring inventory supplies/equipment/medications to determine when orders need to be placed, checking equipment for use, and documenting within Microsoft Word and Excel inventory, clinic processes and education/training.
- ADDITIONAL DUTIES: Duties as assigned by clinic leadership, to include outreach events, divisional events and engagement opportunities, staff education and peer review.
- OTHER: Perform all other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
- Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
- Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Educational Services
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
