CCMA (Behavioral Health) - Cooper Green

University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham, Northern (AL, KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alabama at Birmingham (Cooper Green Mercy) seeks a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) to provide direct patient care under supervision. The role involves vitals, basic procedures, and routine testing in an on-site setting.

Responsibilities include patient history interviews, EHR updates, medication administration per provider orders, and maintaining a safe, organized clinical environment. CPR/BLS certification is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• CCMA Certification from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).
• Two (2) years of clinical experience preferred.
• Current CPR/BLS certification via AHA or Red Cross.

Responsibilities

• Assists in providing accurate, prompt direct and indirect nursing care; stocks and maintains exam rooms; prepares rooms for procedures and records vitals and tests.
• Conducts interviews to obtain health history data; documents chief complaints; updates EHR with medications and allergies.
• Administers medications as ordered by the provider (oral, subcutaneous, IM, topical, inhalation, etc.).
• Instructs patients and families per protocol; maintains patient confidentiality and professional communication.
• Maintains a safe environment; adheres to safety regulations and keeps environment organized.
• May mentor peers and provide student-learning experiences as assigned.
• Operates departmental patient care/non-patient care equipment as required.
• Performs blood and urine specimen collection with proper identification and procedures.
• Manages patient inquiries and messages in the EHR inbox, ensuring timely, compliant responses.
• Provides coverage across departments and clinics to maintain staffing and care continuity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description - CCMA (Behavioral Health) - Cooper Green (CGM0000W)

Description

STATEMENT OF VALUES:

Cooper Green Mercy strives to be THE choice for health care in our community. We honor this commitment by embracing our core values of:

Kindness,

Inclusion,

Cleanliness, and;

Attention to Detail.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Work involves providing medical treatment and personal care for patients as ordered by provider. Work requires the employee to perform duties such as taking and recording vital signs and dressing wounds. The work is performed under supervision of a professional nurse or provider according to facility policies and procedures. To display good rapport and demonstrate a positive attitude with all customers, family members, visitors and facility team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1. Assists in providing accurate, prompt direct and indirect nursing care. Stocks and maintains exam rooms. Set up exam rooms for specific procedures per provider’s orders. Accurately takes and records patient vitals and / or perform EKGs, urine dipsticks, pregnancy tests, or other point of care tasks.
• 2. Conducts interviews of patients to obtain pertinent health history data and other information, documents chief complaints, reviews electronic health record (EHR) updates information and documents medications, allergies, etc.
• 3. Administers certain oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, topical, intradermal, inhalation, and instillation medications per provider’s order.
• 4. Displays effective communication skills; accurately instructs patient/family per protocol or as instructed by professional nurse or provider; adheres to proper channels of communication in a courteous and cooperative manner; protects patients’ rights and confidentiality; handles telephone calls appropriately.
• 5. Maintains accountability for a safe environment for patients and others. Adheres to safety regulations. Ensures environment is organized.
• 6. May serve as a peer mentor and provide student-learning experiences, as assigned.
• 7. Ability to properly use departmental patient care / non-patient care equipment.
• 8. Performs blood and urine specimen collection as ordered, ensuring accurate patient identification, specimen integrity, and compliance with established procedures and specimen collection protocols.
• 9. Processes all patient inquiries, messages, and requests promptly, efficiently, and in a professional manner while practicing patient confidentiality. This includes consistently monitoring the electronic health record (EHR) inbox to manage patient, provider, and interdisciplinary communications. Reviews, prioritizes and responds to messages within the scope of practice, mitigating, or escalating issues as appropriate to ensure timely communication, continuity of care, and compliance with organizational policies and established response standards.
• 10. Provides coverage across departments and clinic locations as needed to maintain appropriate staffing levels and ensure continuity of high-quality patient care.
• 11. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma or equivalent and CCMA Certification from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or (AAMA) is required.

Two (2) years of clinical experience preferred. Work experience may NOT substitute for education/certification requirement.

Current CPR/BLS certification via the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This role may require lifting up to 50 lbs.

The work location for this role is onsite.