Medical Assistant, Family Practice

Mercyhealth • Belvidere, IL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides support with the daily activities of a medical office by performing the following duties and other duties as assigned.
80 Hours/2 Weeks
Belvidere Clinic, Belvidere, IL
Full time benefits
Occassional Saturday requirement from 8am-12pm

Requirements

• Graduate of a medical assistant program accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), or graduate of a medical assistant program in a post secondary school or college that has institutional accreditation by a regional accrediting commission or by a national accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education, or a graduate of an educational program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), such as the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
• Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.
• Medication injection training and pharmacology is a required competency to perform medication administration.
• Manual dexterity needed to operate equipment, perform procedures, operate telephone and keyboard.
• Must be able to lift and transfer patients.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk; handle, finger and feel; reach; talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.
• This job requires the employee to exert 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and 25 to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
• Pushing and pulling equipment to provide care Specific vision abilities required by this job include frequent close vision.
• Occasionally distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a program with a clinical rotation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Rooms patients, collects assessment data and prepares patient according to specific need.
• Assists in examination, treatment and other clinic procedures.
• Assists with laboratory procedures, screening tests and QI projects.
• Answers telephone and either responds to inquiry, directs caller to appropriate personnel, or initiates a triage slip for response by medical personnel.
• Schedules appointments and enters appointment date and time into computerized scheduler.
• Conducts reminder calls to all patients.
• Greet and directs patients, salespeople, and visitors.
• Registers patients by verifying that patient's record is up to date and accurate.
• Makes appropriate changes in computer system and on patient's chart.
• Coordinates referrals for patients through insurance and other physician offices.
• Collects payment from patients and issues receipt where applicable.
• Prepares and maintains patient charts.
• Maintains and orders supplies.

Benefits

• Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.
• Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
• Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.
• Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.
• Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.
• Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees