CERTIFED MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Company: Christ Community Health Services
Location: Jackson
Posted on: August 6, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionCERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTMemphis,
TNDescriptionAt CCHS, our goal is to grant equal access to
healthcare no matter the economic, social or employment status of
our patients. We aim to provide superior patient care! If you have
a passion for helping people and would like to combine that passion
with your faith and clinical skills, this may be the position for
you. We offer competitive pay, great benefits with a culture to
match.What will you do as a CMA?The Certified Medical Assistant
helps providers with the delivery of patient care, providing basic
triage and helping to ensure optimum patient-to-doctor flow. The
Certified Medical Assistant provides administrative support as well
as clinical support.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Reviews and prepares medical record to ensure completeness
prior to patient exam, obtaining missing documentation. Documents
clinic visit, observations, and related activities. Files
charts.
- Assists with initiation of patient history and physical
assessment. Assists nurses and physicians with physical exams and
simple in-house surgical and therapeutic procedures.
- Checks patient vital signs and takes body measurements,
documenting results in patient chart.
- Prepares and maintains exam and treatment rooms, cleaning after
patient discharges to ensure a clean and sanitized environment.
Maintains supplies inventory and ensures patient care equipment is
clean and properly functioning, reporting defective equipment and
supplies to supervisor.
- Collects specimens and prepares them for outside lab,
communicating with lab for STAT pickups or testing. Performs simple
STAT lab tests and performs urinalysis on urine specimens. Prepares
lab results for physician to sign.
- Administers breathing treatments and injections, performs EKGs,
and tests pregnant patients on NST machine per provider
orders.
- Answers phone calls, relaying patient requests and questions to
appropriate individuals. Explains provider instructions to patient,
as appropriate. Provides teaching to patients and families within
scope of knowledge base.
- Assists with scheduling/referral of patients for specific
treatments.
- Responds to medical emergencies and administers first aid as
appropriate.
- Performs other duties as required.RequirementsPOSITION
REQUIREMENTSEducation: High school diploma or equivalent; medical
assistant program graduateExperience: ambulatory care experience
preferredSkills/abilities: bilingual
preferredLicenses/certifications: both CMA and BLS certification
required
Keywords: Christ Community Health Services, Jackson , CERTIFED MEDICAL ASSISTANT, Healthcare , Jackson, Tennessee
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