Medical Assistant Acute care
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Job Location:
Fort Collins, CO - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 21 - 25
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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Medical Assistant - Outpatient (Medical Support Technician)
- Salary Range:$21.50 - $25.80 per hour based on relevant years of experience
- Location: Fort Collins Colorado at our Longview Campus
- Status: Part time two 12 hour shifts a week
- Hours: both days and overnights
Employees working at locations operating 24/7 earn a differential. Shift differentials are also available for evenings nights ($7 per hour) weekends and holidays.
Role Overview:
Responsible for assisting the medical team with a combination of basic administrative and clinical duties in a fast-paced environment. Provide accurate and timely information service and assistance to ensure a seamless experience for both the SummitStone clients and providers. Often the first party our clients interact with this role is responsible for creating a calm welcoming and safe environment where healing can happen.
Essential Duties:
- Deliver high-quality patient care by providing prescribed medical treatment implementing medical support services and performing various clinical and administrative duties.
- Administer medication and treatments as prescribed. Gather monitor and record patient symptoms history and changes in their conditions. Performs standard care procedures like drawing blood checking vital signs or collecting lab samples.
- Perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and managing patient flow answering phones recording and updating medical histories contact information and verifying patient information.
- Coordinate consult and problem solve behavioral health care and intervention with interdisciplinary team members and providers.
- Consistently and independently follow established safety procedures. Report any medical or medication errors by the end of shift.
- Perform all duties including and not limited to: providing data collection working at any site educating clients administering medications(per scope) taking vital signs triaging clients by telephone/walk in obtaining prior authorizations performing medication refills providing lab work processing inventory completing paperwork and providing treatment follow-ups.
- Document and audit the medical record for all medically necessary client care to ensure continuity of care.
Required:
- Valid and current Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)required.
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Experience working in a behavioral health care setting.
- Proficiency in medical terminology.
- Proficiency with data entry transcription and dictation.
- Knowledge of Electronic Health Records.
Licenses and Certifications:
- Required Licensure/Certification - candidates must hold one of the following active and valid credentials:
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) or
- Medical Support Technician or
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Valid Colorado drivers license or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
- Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (QMAP) or Colorado Medication Aide Certificate if not part of licensure required
Highly Desired:
- More than three years of experience in related client care settings preferred.
- Experience working in an acute care or walk-in clinic setting preferred.
- Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred.
At SummitStone Health Partners we strive to foster trust empower recovery and inspire hope to strengthen and enrich our Northern Colorado community.
We need your help to make this vision a reality.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can be their authentic self. We actively seek team members with a variety of backgrounds identities and experiences and we honor the whole selfembracing differences in race ethnicity ability age gender sexual orientation spiritual beliefs socioeconomic status language and the many intersections of identity. We invite everyone to be part of our journey and proudly serve as an equal opportunity employer.
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Health & Safety Requirement
All employees are required to receive an annual flu vaccination or have an approved exemption in place and wear a mask during flu season
Reach Out
SummitStone will provide persons with disabilities with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or selection process please let your recruiter know.
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This position will be open for a minimum of three days and/or until a top candidate is identified.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Clinical Laboratory Experience
- Athenahealth
- Algebra
- eClinicalWorks
- Primary Care Experience
- Phlebotomy
- Medical office experience
- Vital Signs Experience
- Experience Administering Injections
- Medical Terminology
- Medication Administration
