CMA - Certified Medical Assistant

Womencare Inc.•Marmet, WV

10d•Onsite

About The Position

FamilyCare Health Centers is seeking a Certified Medical Assistant or LPN for its Marmet location. FamilyCare is a nationally recognized federally qualified health center operating more than 22 locations across four counties, including school-based locations and mobile units. The organization provides comprehensive care to support healthy communities. The position assists providers with direct patient care through clinical duties and telephone care. It also supports medical staff with clerical tasks, computer data entry, referrals, procedures within scope of practice, and routine patient communication. The role includes patient assessment, triage, testing, documentation, medication and vaccine administration as authorized, and maintaining clean and stocked clinical areas. Full-time positions are primarily day shifts, Monday through Friday, either 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The work takes place in a clinic environment that includes a laboratory and exposure to bodily fluids, communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other clinic conditions.

Requirements

Medical Assistant Program diploma and current national certification or registration as a medical assistant, or a valid LPN license and diploma from an accredited LPN course.
Excellent communication skills, with an emphasis on quality customer service.
Phlebotomy certification to perform venipuncture.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including constant standing and walking, frequent bending and stretching, occasional lifting of items up to 75 pounds, and occasional pushing of items up to 200 pounds.
Complete required orientation checklists and competency training for job duties, phone triage, EHR documentation, and medication administration.

Responsibilities

Complete required training and demonstrate competency through the MA/LPN job description, phone triage, and EHR documentation and competency orientation checklists.
Perform routine telephone and walk-in triage and forward information appropriately to providers and clinical staff.
Assess patients, including taking vital signs and measurements, documenting chief complaints, and conducting age-appropriate screenings.
Review and update patient allergies, medications, problem lists, reminders, family history, and surgical history.
Complete applicable quality-management activities, including self-management support, goal setting, and follow-up; provide education materials for chronic illness or prevention.
Clean and stock the nurse’s station, laboratory, patient bathrooms, equipment, and exam rooms daily, and other site areas as needed.
Clean and disinfect exam rooms between patients.
Attend and participate in staff meetings and requested committees.
Perform on-site testing as ordered or under standing orders, document results in the EHR, and bill for testing, including urinalysis, pregnancy, strep, hemoglobin, glucose, A1C, mono, flu, hemoccult, and drug screens.
Perform certified venipuncture, label tubes, and route specimens to the correct laboratory according to payer source when needed.
Perform EKGs, oxygen and nebulizer administration, pulse oximetry, cryotherapy assistance, and tympanograms.
Administer adult and childhood vaccines and medications under provider direction or approved standing orders, following specified personnel, preparation, and training requirements.
Perform ordered hearing, vision, and TB screenings.
Obtain prior authorizations for prescriptions, durable medical equipment, and other therapies, and forward other appropriate documents.
Assist providers with routine patient communications, including laboratory and test result notifications, prescription call-ins, and patient callbacks.
Administer routine wound care and perform dressing changes.
Monitor patients determined by the provider to be stable.
Perform additional duties as assigned.