Clinic Office Coordinator

Medical University of South Carolina•Orangeburg, SC

About The Position

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP) is an entity within the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) that provides healthcare to patients within the rural health network throughout the state of South Carolina. The Clinic Office Coordinator will provide a direct line of management and leadership for all patient care areas. This position will also perform Certified Medical Assistant duties; performs multi-skilled activities to support a decentralized patient-centered approach to patient care and achieve desired outcomes. Assists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a physician.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Completion of an accredited medical assisting program with one year of patient care experience preferred.
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.
Basic computer skills required.
Annual competencies are required to be maintained.

Nice To Haves

Completion of an accredited medical assisting program with one year of patient care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides direct line management and leadership for all patient care areas.
Ensures proper standards are followed for practice and provides interface between the support services and clinical services.
Facilitates care delivery system development and operation, including but not limited to staffing and professional delivery of services.
Manages daily operations of clinical and clerical employees, including staffing schedules, while maintaining an efficient and professional work atmosphere.
Develops and sets goals at the process, job, and interface level to ensure optimal patient care to meet overall organizational goals.
Certified Medical Assistant duties to include interviews patients, measures vital signs (i.e., pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height), and records or inputs information to patients' medical record.
Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
Possess ability to understand and implement a variety of detailed instructions in the execution of therapeutic procedures and ability to make accurate physical observation of patients.
Must communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.