CCMA: Injection Clinic (Cooper Green)

UAB Medicine; Cooper (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB Medicine's Cooper Green clinic seeks an entry-level nursing assistant to support patient care across departments. You will collect vitals, assist with procedures, and maintain clean exam rooms under supervision, ensuring patient comfort and safety.

Responsibilities include documenting health history in the EHR, delivering medications as ordered, and coordinating with nurses and providers. This on-site role requires lifting up to 50 lbs and a current CPR/BLS certification.

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.
• This role may require lifting up to 50 lbs.
• The work location for this role is onsite.

Responsibilities

• Assists in providing nursing care and stocks exam rooms per provider orders.
• Takes and records patient vitals and performs point-of-care tests.
• Interviews patients, documents health history and medications in EHR.
• Delivers medications as ordered and instructs patients as required.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and coordinates communications via EHR.

Skills

Clinical experience

CPR/BLS

Certification: CCMA/AAMA

Communication skills

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Job description

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.

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.

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.

PAY RANGE

$15.00-23.55/hour

Primary Location

CGM Cooper Green

Job Category

Clerical & Administrative

Organization

CLI-CLI-INJC INJECTION CLINIC SECTION

Employee Status

Regular

Job Level

Entry Level

Travel

No

Shift

Day/1st Shift