Certified Medical Assistant

CommonSpirit Health; Pueblo (CO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's St. Mary-Corwin in Pueblo, Colorado seeks an Medical Assistant II to support the healthcare team and patients, performing clinical tasks, documenting charts, and ensuring efficient clinic flow. The role emphasizes patient-centered care and adherence to our mission.

You will collaborate on care planning, provide patient education, and mentor junior staff as needed, while upholding high standards of safety and quality in a dynamic outpatient setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
• BLS certification through American Heart Association.
• National MA certification (CMA/CCMA/RCMA/NAHP/NHA/NCCT) required.
• Completion of MA Core Skills and role-specific competencies.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs and report to providers.
• Perform vital signs, basic procedures, and medication refills per protocol.
• Maintain accurate chart documentation and support care planning with the team.
• Educate patients and families and promote self-management and engagement.
• Mentor new MA staff or MA students as needed.

Skills

Relationship-based care

Clinical skills

Patient education

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

BLS through American Heart Association

National MA certification (CMA/CCMA/RCMA/NAHP/NHA/NCCT)

MA core skills completion

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Medical Assistant II, you will assume a crucial supportive role, collaborating with the healthcare team and patients/families to identify and meet their comprehensive needs while promoting optimal health, well-being, and safety.
Every day you will perform a variety of clinical tasks as directed by providers, meticulously maintain accurate chart documentation, participate in professional development, and potentially assist with front office duties, all while contributing to an efficient and patient-focused work environment.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a commitmentto patient care standards, strong clinical skills, and personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission. Your dedication to growth within our MA Clinical Ladder is highly valued.

• Assess patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data, and evaluate patient's response and report to responsible provider to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic interventions including but not limited to vital signs, mini treatments/procedures, prevention services, previsit planning and postvisit follow up, medication refills per protocol for existing treatment plans and ensures patient flow through the clinic is efficient.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of patient plan of care and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team; determine presence/absence of barriers to active participation in the individualized care plan and ability to self-managetheir health conditions, with the purpose of planning patient care and care coordination.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family, health literacy, barriers to learning readiness, needs, and ability, then provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching; patient engagement.
• Encourage patient engagement in the healthcare partnership through the use of motivational interviewing, evidence-basedself management support protocols, tools, and teach back methodology.
• Precepts and mentors new staff or medical assistant students as needed.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma/G.E.D.
• BLS through American Heart Association
• Nationally Certified as a Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant by one of the following: AAMA, AMT, ARMA, NAHP, NHA or NCCT
• Successful completion of all Medical Assistant Core Skills, as well as additional competencies which are specialty specific, as defined within the Scope of Practice for Medical Assistants

Preferred

• Completion of Medical Assisting Program/Trade/Technical School
• Completion of EMT Program/Trade/Technical School

Where You'll Work

For more than 135 years, St. Mary-Corwin has cared for the people of Pueblo and the surrounding southern Colorado communities. Driven by a commitment to Pueblo and our healing ministry, St. Mary- Corwin is focused on its core areas of clinical strength: cancer care and orthopedic services. This concentration enables St. Mary-Corwin to serve the southern Colorado region with high quality, high value care for generations to come. Residents of Pueblo enjoy a moderate cost of living within this modern, mid-sized community while experiencing everything great about life in Colorado, including world- class nearby outdoor recreation, thriving local arts and culture, numerous parks, festivals and much more.