Certified Medical Assistant

Sentara Health • Carrollton, VA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Sentara Urgent Care St. Luke's is hiring a Full-time Certified Medical Assistant in Carrollton, VA. The Medical Assistant is responsible for creating a safe environment for patients, visitors, and employees, and for identifying, addressing, and incorporating safety principles. This role involves performing patient care tasks and procedures, as well as administrative duties where appropriate. The Medical Assistant must be able to objectively assess situations, consider alternatives, assist in developing action plans, and evaluate outcomes. They are expected to demonstrate specific skills and knowledge required of medical assistants, interact effectively across departments, and adhere to department and system policies, procedures, and practices. The position requires productivity and efficiency in daily operations and the utilization of safe, effective, ethical, and fiscally responsible resources. Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years, offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. Sentara has been recognized as an 'Employer of Choice' and its hospitals as 'Best Hospitals' by U.S. News and World Report.

Requirements

• HS - High School Grad or Equivalent
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), or Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), or EMT Basic Certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days from hire

Nice To Haves

• Clinical/Administrative Experience 1 year preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides an environment for safety; identifies, addresses, and incorporates principles of safety for the patient, visitors, and employees
• Provides patient care tasks and procedures
• Performs administrative duties (as appropriate)
• Demonstrates the ability to objectively assess a specific situation from a number of viewpoints
• Considers an array of alternatives, assists with the development of realistic action plans and evaluates outcomes
• Demonstrates the development of the specific skills and knowledge required of medical assistants
• Ensures effective inter-departmental interactions
• Ability to follow department and system policies, procedures, and practices
• Maintains productivity and efficiency in daily operations
• Utilizes appropriate resources that are safe, effective, ethical, and fiscally responsible

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
• Professional development and a continued employment philosophy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees