Medical Assistant Lead

St Anthony Hospital • Lakewood, CO

1d • $20 - $21

About The Position

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.
The Medical Assistant Lead assumes a supportive role and has responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. As a Medical Assistant Lead with us you will:
Demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values. Provides direct patient care.
Responsible for leading and providing front line staff support as it relates to day-to-day clinical operations. This includes, but is not limited to the delegation of duties to office staff as assigned, management of operational issues, assurance that staff adhere to clinic quality, regulatory, billing, and customer service standards, and the provision of staff duties.
Individual will serve as point of contact for any issue in the daily operation of the clinic and will assess, resolve and/or escalate to Clinic Supervisor and/or Assistant Administrator as appropriate.
Medical Assistants are essential to delivering whole person care to our patients. We offer a Medical Assistant Clinical Ladder to support growth and development within the system!
In Colorado the pay ranges begin at $20.00 for non-certified and $21.25 for Certified Medical Assistants.
This position requires certification as a Medical Assistant through one of the following recognized certifying bodies:
American Association of Medical Assistant (AAMA)
American Medical Technologist (AMT)
National Healthcare Association (NHA)
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

Requirements

• One year experience preferred
• Clinical skills and knowledge base specific to specialty
• High School Degree or Equivalent required
• Current Certification as a Certified Medical Assistant or Certified Clinical Medical Assistant required
• BLS for healthcare providers from the American Heart Association required
• Physical Requirements-Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

Nice To Haves

• Diploma from an accredited medical assistant’s program and externship completed is preferred

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Responsible for leading and providing front line staff support as it relates to day-to-day clinical operations.
• Delegation of duties to office staff as assigned
• Management of operational issues
• Assurance that staff adhere to clinic quality, regulatory, billing, and customer service standards, and the provision of staff duties.
• Serve as point of contact for any issue in the daily operation of the clinic
• Assess, resolve and/or escalate to Clinic Supervisor and/or Assistant Administrator as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees