CMA/RMA Sr - Endocrinology Part Time
Carle Health•Champaign, IL
•$19 - $31
About The Position
The Senior Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.
Requirements
- Certified Medical Assistant (NCCT) - National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (ARMA) - American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) - National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AAH) - American Allied Health (AAH)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AMT) - American Medical Technologists (AMT)
- H.S. Diploma/GED
- Certified Medical Assistant at a healthcare organization
- Certifield Medical Assistant at Carle
Responsibilities
- Rooming patients: Collecting pertinent information regarding the patient's chief complaint, family history, social history, surgical history, and medication reconciliation upon arrival for a patient visit.
- Telephone Interactions: As directed, completing necessary telephone communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and/or other health care facilities.
- Gathering information and maintaining patient information via telephone per department specific processes and policies.
- Administrative tasks including, but not limited to, patient check in or check out, prior authorizations, scheduling appointments, verification of benefits, and coordination of referrals and testing.
- Office procedures as directed and per department specific competencies.
- May perform procedures such as urine catheterizations, bladder scanning, suture or staple removal, application or removal of casts at the direction of a provider, reading results of negative TB skin tests or steering patient to the care of a department nurse when TB screening appears to have indications of a positive read, and other diagnostic testing at the point of care.
- Provide patient with written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow up instructions at the direction of the provider.
- CMA staff may retrieve and provide condition specific education from the internet, internal website, or printed materials per the provider directions and orders.
- Administer medications per the provider order.
- Provide assistance with prescription medication refills per department protocols.
- Call medications into pharmacies, notify patients of refills, and documents actions within the EMR per provider orders.
- Maintain department specific competencies related to point of care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
- Blood sugar line- MA retrieves patient information from phone line and starts a message in EPIC- sometimes up to 3 weeks of blood sugar readings
- Maintaining supplies and linens- ordering, checking expirations
- Adding external labs- creating telephone encounters in EPIC
- Assisting RNs with Forms/letters
- Calling patients to retrieve blood sugars for multiple weeks.
- Entering data in flow records
- Prior authorization for diabetic supplies/medications
- Assisting providers in procedures
- Administration of medications within scope per physician order
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
