Assistant-Certified Medical BCC

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation; Bartlett (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is seeking a qualified Medical Assistant (CMA) in Bartlett, TN to provide patient data collection, assist physicians, and support front desk and EMR documentation. Requires formal CMA program completion and at least one year of experience.

Responsibilities include phlebotomy, specimen handling, and maintaining safety and quality standards in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Approved nursing or medical assistant course.
• Minimum of one year experience.
• Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient through data collection and communicates assessment information to patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Identifies VS and lab alert values and communicates out-of-range values to nurse/provider promptly.
• Gathers reports from labs, imaging, pathology, and others for physicians.
• Supports efficient patient workflow and front-desk coverage as needed.
• Assists physicians with procedures and specimen collection per hospital policy; enters results in EMR.
• Prepares rooms for procedures, labels specimens, and maintains quality control.

Skills

Communication

Phlebotomy experience

Computer literacy

Maintain Certification

Education

High School Diploma

Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Provides personal care assistance under the direction of licensed personnel and/or administrator.

Job Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient through the collection of data relevant to the patient's condition and communicates assessment information effectively with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Identifies VS and lab alert values, and communicates values outside parameters with the patient's nurse/provider promptly and effectively.
• Gathers reports from staff, labs, imaging, pathology and others, and makes available to the physicians as requested.
• Provides assistance in keeping efficient patient workflow.
• Provides assistance to physicians with procedures as well as specimen collection while maintaining quality control standards.
• Sets up rooms for procedures and exams, draws and labels peripheral blood specimens according to hospital policy, and under the supervision of physicians enters the results in the electronic medical record.
• Provides for patient safety through standard precautions and quality control methods.
• Assists with coverage of the front desk by answering phones, accurately and thoroughly documenting in the EMR, then routing to the appropriate personnel.
• Schedules appointments, registers patients, schedules outpatient procedures/testing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Specifications

Experience

• Approved nursing or medical assistant course.
• Minimum of one year experience.

Education

• High School Diploma. Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent.

Training

• Approved nursing or medical assistant course

Special Skills

• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Computer literacy. Maintain Certification.
• Phlebotomy experience

Licensure

• BLS certification within 14 days of hire date; CMA certification required.
• Certified by the National Certification Board (National Center for Competency Testing) or obtain within 6 months of hire date.