Certified Medical Assistant (CMA/RMA) - Rantoul Clinic

Carle Health•Rantoul, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.

Requirements

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
Certified Medical Assistant – National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Allied Health (AAH)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Medical Technologists (AMT)
Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within 30 days of hire
High School Diploma or GED

Responsibilities

Rooming patients, including collecting pertinent information related to chief complaint, family history, social history, surgical history, and medication reconciliation
Telephone interactions, including communicating with patients, families, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities, and gathering and maintaining patient information per department policies and workflows
Administrative support, including patient check-in and check-out, scheduling appointments, prior authorizations, benefits verification, and coordination of referrals and diagnostic testing
Clinical and office procedures, as directed and per department competencies, including urine catheterizations and bladder scanning, suture and staple removal, application and removal of casts (per provider direction), point-of-care diagnostic testing, and reading negative TB skin tests and escalating potential positive results to nursing staff
Patient education, including providing written instructions related to procedures, medications, and follow-up care, and retrieving condition-specific education materials per provider orders
Medication support, including administering medications and injections per provider orders, and assisting with prescription refills, calling medications into pharmacies, notifying patients, and documenting actions in the EMR
Clinical support and competencies, including taking and documenting vital signs, medication reconciliation, processing lab specimens and point-of-care testing, stocking exam rooms and maintaining equipment, chaperoning providers during exams and procedures, and maintaining department-specific competencies and specialty training