CMA (Pediatric)

White House Clinics•Richmond, KY

10d•$15 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

At White House Clinics, we do health care differently. Our multi-disciplinary care teams incorporate the expertise of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, and care navigation professionals to provide patients with comprehensive care designed to help them achieve their health goals. While our work is fast-paced, our teams enjoy being able to work collaboratively to support patients. White House Clinics employees enjoy a competitive wage and robust benefit package including: Employer Paid Health, Life & Disability Insurance 4 Weeks of PTO Retirement Plan 6 Paid Holidays Many employees work alternative work schedules which allow them a day off during the week. At White House Clinics, we believe in providing our employees with opportunity for both personal and professional growth in a challenging and rewarding work environment. We recognize the contributions that each person makes to the team and value each person’s input as we work to deliver outstanding patient care. In the need to protect our staff and patients, White House Clinics is requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all new hires prior to starting employment. Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Nurse PRIMARY FUNCTION CMA/RNs are member of a primary care team responsible for the care and treatment of patients in a medical office by assisting medical providers utilizing both assessment and technical skills. CMA/RNs ensure efficient patient flow in rooming/triaging patients, completing orders and answering patient questions, often acting as a liaison on behalf of our patients to provide high quality healthcare.

Requirements

Minimum Education Completion of an accredited program for medical assisting or nursing program
Minimum Work Experience Minimum 1 year medical office experience preferred.
Required License Current Kentucky Nursing license or Certification/Registration for medical assisting
Basic Life Support Certification
Successful applicants will be mature and well organized with pleasant personality and speaking voice.
Knowledge of medical office procedures, basic computer skills, and patient flow in a primary care setting is preferred.
Position requires skills in verbal and written communication, multi-tasking as well as proficiency in time management and organizational skills.
Medical assistants must hold a certification or registration that is recognized by a certifying board of their field such as American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) or American Medical Technologist (AMT).
Employee is responsible for maintaining requirements of certification and providing evidence of this to the organization as requested.
COVID-19 vaccination for all new hires prior to starting employment

Nice To Haves

Preference will be given to candidates with previous medical office experience.

Responsibilities

Maintains records of vital statistics and other pertinent patient data including medical and social histories.
Prepares patients for and assists with examinations.
Conducts specified laboratory tests.
Collects lab specimens, including blood, urine, stool, sputum, mucous, and skin sources.
Administers injections and medications, dresses wounds and incisions, interprets physicians’ instructions to patients, assists with emergency and minor surgery, and performs related tasks as directed.
Cleans and sterilizes instruments and equipment, and maintains stock of supplies and medications.
Records and develops electrocardiograms.
Relays messages to providers, assist providers with prescription requests, phones in prescriptions to the appropriate pharmacy once ordered and instructed to by a provider.
Other duties within the scope of practices as assigned by the provider and/or supervisor.
Employees are responsible for maintaining a thorough understanding of their role in the protocols listed below, essential to the completion of daily medical back office responsibilities. Additionally, employees are responsible for maintaining a thorough understanding of the remaining medical back office protocols, specific to less frequent medical back office workflows, as found on the intranet. All protocols are updated periodically and employees are expected to remain current on any updates.
Assists with other duties or in other departments as instructed by the supervisor.
Acknowledges that White House Clinics strive to be a patient-centered medical home and, as such, prescribe to team-based delivery of primary care services. Recognizes that the completion of the above listed duties illustrates the employee's role in aforementioned team-based care and accepts responsibility for being an active member of the team, including identification of quality improvement opportunities.