Certified Medical Assistant
Company | Baptist Health |
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Location | Louisville, KY, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Current MA Certification from AAMA, AMT, NAHP, NCCT
- Basic computer skills, specifically with navigating within databases containing highly confidential information.
- Basic Life Support
Responsibilities
- Manages the coordination and flow of patients throughout the patients visit to create an exceptional patient experience.
- Proactively check the provider’s schedule and review information within the patient record to ensure that all required information is available prior to their visit.
- Proactively obtains any missing information from the patient to ensure that medical records are accurate and up to date, which helps to ensure better care is being provided.
- Upon arrival, captures patient’s vital signs, past medical, social and family history, medication usage and preferred pharmacy information.
- Ensures compliance with all state and federal regulatory requirements including HIPAA/OSHA compliance.
- Able to respond to patient call backs and phone in prescription refill requests.
- Able to administer medication and injections, as directed by Physician/Provider.
- Able to perform phlebotomy on patients, as directed by the Physician/ Provider.
- Able to perform EKG’s, PFT’s spirometry, nebulizer treatments and ear irrigations, and other procedures, as required by the practice and directed by the Physician/Provider.
- Able to perform in-office lab testing such as glucose testing, strep screens, pregnancy tests, urinalysis, and HgA1c as directed by the physician/provider.
- Able to perform sterilization on instruments used for minor procedures/surgeries according to the CDC recommended guidelines.
- Maintains all certifications/licensures as required by the scope of the role being performed.
Preferred Qualifications
- RMA, CMA, Medical Assistant, LPN, Certified Medical Assistant