Certified Medical Assistant, Outpatient Wound Clinic

Norfolk, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

City/State

Norfolk VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Full-Time Days

The Certified Medical Assistant performs patient care and administrative and clerical related tasks and procedures based on training education and competency evaluations and as delegated by and under the direction/supervision of the Physician Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant (NP/PA) Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). The Medical Assistant provides an environment for safety; identifies addresses and incorporates principles of safety for the patient visitors and employees. Provides patient care tasks and procedures and administrative duties (as appropriate). Demonstrates the ability to objectively assess a specific situation from a number of viewpoints considers an array of alternatives assists with the development of realistic action plans and evaluates outcomes. Demonstrates the development of the specific skills and knowledge required of medical assistants effective inter-departmental interactions and ability to follow department and system policies procedures and practices. Productive and efficient in daily operations. Utilizes appropriate resources that are safe effective ethical and fiscally responsible.

Education
HS - High School Grad or Equivalent

Certification/Licensure
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI

Must acquire one of the following certifications upon hire:

Registered Medical Assistant RMA or

Certified Medical Assistant CMA or

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant CCMA or

Emergency Medical Technician EMT Basic

Experience

Less than a year of related experience

Keywords: Customer Service clinical administrative CMA CCMA EMT RMA Talroo-Allied Health hospital patient care

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical Dental Vision plans

Adoption Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10000

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

Emergency Backup Care

Long-Term Short-Term Disability and Critical Illness plans

Life Insurance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance $5250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

Student Debt Pay Down $10000

Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development

Pet Insurance

Legal Resources Plan

Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Sentara Leigh Hospital located in Norfolk VA is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016 including two new patient towers a beautiful atrium and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care heart vascular maternity care and general surgery. We are also home to the regions only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning wounds that wont heal infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen airborne chemical exposures and scuba diving accidents.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

City/StateNorfolk VAWork ShiftFirst (Days)Overview:Full-Time DaysThe Certified Medical Assistant performs patient care and administrative and clerical related tasks and procedures based on training education and competency evaluations and as delegated by and under the direction/supervision of the Ph...