Certified Medical Assistant

Altasciences; Wall Township (NJ); Vor Ort; USD 25.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401K with employer contribution

PTO and Paid Holidays

Company paid Life Insurance

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

Voluntary life insurance

Wellness programs

Zusammenfassung

The Altasciences team in Manasquan, NJ is seeking a Certified Medical Assistant to support physicians with patient prep and clinical assistance. The CMA will collect vitals, document medical history, and update the EMR to ensure accurate patient records.

Ideal candidates have at least 2 years in a medical office, CPR certification, and experience with EHR/EMR systems (Athena preferred). This role requires HIPAA compliance and strong communication with patients and staff.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 2 years of medical office experience (6 months minimum).
• Certified or Registered Medical Assistant designation.
• CPR certification required.
• Experience with EHR/EMR systems, Athena preferred.
• Knowledge of pre-authorizations and referrals.

Aufgaben

• Assist nursing staff by providing direct patient care and preparing charts.
• Support physicians by organizing exam rooms and managing supplies.
• Greet patients, collect vitals, and document history in EMR.
• Input patient history and medication list into EMR.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance and infection control practices.
• Schedule evaluations and remind patients of appointments.
• Answer phones and perform general office duties.

Kenntnisse

Medical office experience

EKG knowledge

Phlebotomy

CPR certified

EMR/EHR experience

Pre-authorizations

Referral knowledge

Ausbildung

Certified or Registered Medical Assistant

Tools

Athena EMR

Jobbeschreibung

Located in:

Manasquan, New Jersey 08736

The Certified Medical Assistant is a key role in our practice. They create a strong first impression for our patients and ensure they feel cared for by our practice. They prepare a patient for the doctor’s evaluation and assists clinical providers with patient examinations by obtaining and documenting vital signs, past medical and social history and updating electronic medical records (EMR).

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist professional nursing staff by providing direct patient care. Prepares charts, takes temperature, pulse, performs screenings, blood pressure and respiration and other duties as assigned.
• Assist physicians by maintaining practice workflow, organizing exam rooms, maintaining, and ordering supplies, screening patient requests and other duties as assigned such as blood draws, POC testing as directed by Provider.
• Follows instructions closely and reports observations and symptoms indicative of the patient’s reactions to treatments and patient complaints.
• Responsible for workflow in practice to ensure timely appointments and decreased wait-times to see Provider.
• Assist in scheduling accurate initial evaluations, follow up appointments and cancellations.
• Initiates all appointment reminder calls in a professional and courteous manner, projecting appropriate language and tone of voice.
• Demonstrates effective oral, listening, and written communication skills that facilitate positive customer relationships and staff interaction in the delivery of care.
• Prioritizes duties and responsibilities and completes them accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Maintains confidentiality and demonstrates responsible judgment by updating knowledge, referring problems through appropriate channels, and observing the policies and procedures.
• Obtain and enter patient history, chief complaint, and update the medication list into the electronic medical record.
• Maintains compliance with legal requirements, HIPAA, OSHA, and company policies.
• Assisting with other office duties including answering phones, faxing, filing, etc.
• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, verifying receipt, sorting, and storing.
• Restocking exam/procedure rooms.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations
• Help answer phones, filing, greeting patients and any other administrative task. Maintains infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies.
• Perform other duties/tasks as requested by providers, coordinators, and management in accordance with office procedures/policies
• Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience

• At least 2 years of similar job experience in a medical office preferred, minimum 6 months experience required
• Familiar with EKG, Phlebotomy and Patient Care
• Certified or Registered Medical Assistant
• CPR certified
• Experience on EHR and EMR systems, Athena preferred
• Knowledge of pre-authorizations and referrals

Knowledge and Skills/Expected Competencies

• Ability to clearly communicate medical information to professional practitioners and/or the general public.
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Good interpersonal skills, sense of urgency, being proactive and ownership for one’s work.
• Dependable, with strong work ethic and extremely high degree personal integrity.
• Ability to deal with multiple interruptions on a continual basis that must be met with a friendly exchange with others.
• Helpful and constructive view of working with others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for your own actions

Featured Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K with automatic employer contribution.
• PTO and Paid Holidays.
• Company paid Life Insurance.
• Access to voluntary short and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to additional life insurance.
• Access to a variety of Wellness programs.

The compensation range for this position is $18.00/hour– $26.00/hour. Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role.

Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data