CCMA (Primary Care I) - Cooper Green

UAB Medicine; Cooper (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB Medicine's Cooper Green clinic is seeking a CCMA (Primary Care I) to support nursing staff and ensure smooth patient care in a fast-paced setting. You will take vitals, assist with procedures, and document health data in the EHR.

The position requires a high school diploma with CCMA certification and CPR/BLS, onsite in Cooper, TX. Expect lifting up to 50 lbs and collaboration across clinic teams to maintain high-quality care.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or equivalent and CCMA certification from NHA or AAMA required.
• Two years of clinical experience preferred.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assists in providing nursing care, stocks and maintains exam rooms, and prepares rooms for procedures.
• Accurately takes and records vitals and may perform EKGs and basic point-of-care tests.
• Documents health history, medications, allergies in the EHR and communicates with providers.
• Administers selected medications per provider orders and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Maintains a safe, organized environment and supports cross-department coverage.

Skills

Effective communication

Education

CCMA Certification (NHA or AAMA)

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

CCMA (Primary Care I) - Cooper Green (CGM00019)

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.
• 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.

PAY RATE

$15.00-$23.55/hourly

Primary Location

:CGM Cooper Green

Job Category

:Clerical & Administrative

Organization

:CLI-PRI-PRIM Primary Care Section

Employee Status

:Regular

Job Level

:Entry Level

Travel

:No

Shift

:Day/1st Shift