Certified Medical Assistant
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Certified Medical Assistant
Prairie Parkway - Residency Clinic
* $5000 Sign-On Bonus*
Full-time: 1.0FTE Monday-Friday Daytime
Why UnityPoint Health
Culture At UnityPoint Healthyoumatter.Come for a fulfilling career and experienceacultureguided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing whats right for the people we serve.
Benefits Our competitiveTotal Rewardsprogram offers benefits options like 401K match paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role race gender religion or sexual orientation.
Development We believe equipping you with support anddevelopment opportunitiesis an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at.
Why UnityPoint Health
At UnityPoint Health you matter. Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in. Here are just a few:
- Expect paid time off parental leave 401K matching and an employee recognition program.
- Dental and health insurance paid holidays short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
- Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.
And we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist in the delivery of primary health care services and patient care management.
- Demonstrates competence in the skills necessary to carry out assigned duties.
- Administer medications by all routes.
- Apply Nursing Process (Assessment Diagnosis Planning Intervention and Evaluation within licensure guidelines)
- Act as a liaison with patients family and providers consistently demonstrating smooth and efficient telephone communication when covering provider call and scheduling patient appointments.
- Obtain complete history regarding health problems according to protocols.
- Document accurate information regarding health concerns and/or condition from patient or family member.
- Telephone Triage by providing and documenting advice for home care of illness/condition; conducting follow-up phone calls regarding patients health and progress as necessary.
- Ability to assess urgency of condition for immediate attention regarding illness related calls and assign priority.
- Placement of urinary catheters per license.
- Placement of IV per license.
- Provide patient education regarding health maintenance and medical illnesses following accepted Teach-back method per protocols and guidelines.
- Provide appropriate and timely documentation in the patients electronic health record using standardized workflows and processes.
- Provide information to appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. health department).
- Evaluate clinical skills and practice of clinical care team.
- Supervision of delegated duties to License Practical Nurse and Certified Medical Assistants on approved clinical protocols.
- Facilitate and support relationships between providers (e.g. within clinic referring) and with ancillary services.
- Understand inpatient and outpatient specialty procedures. Responsible for compliance with precertification requirements
- Thoroughly understand anatomical impact (phases/stages thresholds) for clinic specialty services including co-morbidities and influences impacting patient care and treatment.
- Thoroughly understand testing (lab and procedures) values and relationship to patient status with accountability to take next steps as appropriate to scope and licensure.
- Be aware of what is happening in clinic/department and the organization by attending clinic/department meetings reading emails and regularly checking information on the organizations intranet site.
- Meet the department work schedule.
- Maintain compliance with CLIA OSHA Safety and Risk Management guidelines.
- Maintain compliance with Personnel policies and procedures.
- Monitor environmental conditions in order to secure protected health information.
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
- Behave in a manner consistent with all Compliance and HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.
- Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to others views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
- Perform other duties as requested by Clinic Administrator to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office
Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited program for Medical Assistants.
- Current CME certification for Certified Medical Assistant and AAMA or NCCT certification.
- Mandatory Reporter certification
- Meets educational/competency requirements per policy.
- Previous clinical experience in a medical office preferred.
- Computer data entry experience.
- Mandatory Reporter certification.
- CPR certification.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer skills.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Ability to understand and apply guidelines policies and procedures
- Able to write read comprehend and speak fluent English.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Previous clinical experience in a medical office preferred
Employment Type
Full-Time
