Certified Medical Assistant-Columbia, SC

Medical University of South Carolina•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Certified Medical Assistant, you’ll play an important role in creating an exceptional experience for every patient by welcoming and interviewing patients while gathering medical history, measuring and documenting vital signs, preparing treatment rooms and assisting providers during patient examinations, maintaining accurate patient documentation within the electronic medical record, delivering compassionate, patient-centered care while ensuring comfort, privacy, and professionalism, communicating effectively with patients, providers, and fellow team members, maintaining annual competencies and supporting a safe, efficient clinical environment, and performing additional duties as assigned to support the success of the practice.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Must be certified through the American Medical Technologist (AMT) or American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) or National Health career Association (NHA) or MedCA as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP).
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.
Ability to perform job functions while standing. (Continuous)
Ability to perform job functions while sitting. (Continuous)
Ability to perform job functions while walking. (Continuous)
Ability to work indoors. (Continuous)
Ability to bend at the waist. (Continuous)
Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
Ability to perform fine manipulation with fingers and hands. (Continuous)
Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous)
Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous)
Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. (Continuous)
Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous)
Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous)
Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous)
Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous)
Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous)
Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations. (Continuous)
Ability to work in a latex safe environment. (Continuous)
Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)
Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) (Selected Positions)
Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. (Continuous) (Selected

Nice To Haves

Completion of an accredited Medical Assisting program preferred.
One year of patient care experience preferred

Responsibilities

Welcoming and interviewing patients while gathering medical history.
Measuring and documenting vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, height, and weight.
Preparing treatment rooms and assisting providers during patient examinations.
Maintaining accurate patient documentation within the electronic medical record.
Delivering compassionate, patient-centered care while ensuring comfort, privacy, and professionalism.
Communicating effectively with patients, providers, and fellow team members.
Maintaining annual competencies and supporting a safe, efficient clinical environment.
Performing additional duties as assigned to support the success of the practice.