Medical Assistant Diabetes Care

BHS • Bardstown, KY

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About The Position

Certified Medical Assistant - Diabetes Care Full-time, first shift, Monday-Friday (8-hour shifts) Travel to Hodgenville required once a week Job Description: The Certified Medical Assistant will be responsible for the coordination of direct patient care activities and providing clinical support to providers within one of our clinical practices. Duties include but not limited to the following: obtaining vital signs (height, weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature), medication reconciliation, and patient medical history information, expediting patient flow, rooming patients, stocking clinic with supplies, navigating electronic health record system (EPIC), scheduling and following up with patient appointments, assisting with medication fill requests, checking for prior authorizations and scheduling tests, procedures and consultations. Will also perform other procedures such as EKG, lab tests and injections, and phlebotomy (once competency has been assessed). The Medical Assistant will communicate with pharmacies, insurance companies, patients and providers in a respectful manner and will uphold Baptist Health’s mission and core values that drive service excellence. If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Certified Medical Assistant certification required

Nice To Haves

• Prior working experience as a CNA, EMT, Phlebotomist, Athletic Trainer, MA, or other healthcare discipline that provides direct patient care preferred.

Responsibilities

• coordination of direct patient care activities
• providing clinical support to providers
• obtaining vital signs (height, weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature)
• medication reconciliation
• patient medical history information
• expediting patient flow
• rooming patients
• stocking clinic with supplies
• navigating electronic health record system (EPIC)
• scheduling and following up with patient appointments
• assisting with medication fill requests
• checking for prior authorizations and scheduling tests, procedures and consultations
• perform other procedures such as EKG, lab tests and injections, and phlebotomy (once competency has been assessed)
• communicate with pharmacies, insurance companies, patients and providers in a respectful manner
• uphold Baptist Health’s mission and core values that drive service excellence

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

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