Medical Assistant Asheboro Internal Medicine

Advocate Health • Asheboro, NC

23h • $22 - $33 • Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Assistant works in a busy Internal Medicine office in Asheboro with three full-time providers. The role prepares and rooms patients, gathers and documents health information, performs laboratory procedures, assists physicians and advanced practice professionals with procedures, and administers routine medications under authorized orders or protocols. The Medical Assistant helps coordinate tests, referrals, appointments, and patient communications while supporting clinic flow and working within the scope of practice and demonstrated competencies. The position requires providing age-appropriate care and following departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program.
• Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Current Medical Assistant certification from an accepted organization: AAMA (CMA), NHA (CCMA), NCCT (NCMA), AMT (RMA), American Allied Health (RMA), NHCWA (NCMSMA), NAHP (NRCMA), or NRMA (NRMA).
• Ability to perform routine and complex technical skills within the Medical Assistant scope of practice after demonstrating competency.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with patients, team members, and physicians.
• Proficient computer skills, including keyboarding, navigating a Windows operating system, and using email; exposure to electronic medical record systems.
• Customer service skills that support a positive patient experience.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, crawl, kneel, climb, and reach above the shoulders throughout the workday.
• Ability to lift 35 pounds without assistance; patient handling equipment and another team member are expected for patient lifts over 35 pounds or when the patient cannot assist, when available.
• Functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch, with fine-hand manipulation skills.
• Ability to work with frequent exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical, and blood and body-fluid hazards and wear protective clothing and equipment as needed.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and room patients for examinations by obtaining vital signs and gathering, documenting, and updating pertinent health information, including chief complaints, allergies, and medications.
• Monitor and complete Clinical Integration and Quality Improvement measures, notifying clinicians of opportunities within the Medical Assistant's scope.
• Perform laboratory procedures such as strep tests, wound cultures, and specimen collection using aseptic technique and standard precautions and infection-control guidelines.
• Assist physicians and advanced practice professionals with procedures such as pelvic exams, allergy scratch testing, EMG, cautery, and colposcopy.
• Administer routine medications under physician or advanced practice professional orders or approved standing orders and protocols.
• Follow through on procedure and test requests, pre-approved care algorithms, appointment changes, and referrals to other facilities or services.
• Refer questions to registered nurses and physicians or advanced practice clinicians according to scope-of-practice guidelines, and relay information to patients as directed.
• Communicate with clinicians and other healthcare team members to support smooth clinic flow, adjusting as necessary, and provide patients with accurate and timely information.
• Perform specialty- and competency-dependent clinical support tasks, potentially including suture and staple removal, cultures, drug screens, phlebotomy, EKGs, spirometry, Holter monitor application, and prescription refills under approved protocols and clinical supervision.
• Provide care appropriate to patients' ages and developmental needs in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Operate equipment necessary to perform the job and use protective clothing and equipment as needed.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus eligibility.
• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, with potential premium pay and incentive pay for select positions and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree