Certified Medical Assistant

CommonSpirit Health; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, CO seeks a Medical Assistant II to support clinicians and patients, promoting safe, comprehensive care. You will handle clinical tasks, document charting, and participate in professional development within a patient-centered environment.

The role emphasizes care coordination, patient education, and collaboration with the care team to ensure efficient clinic operations and high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
• Nationally certified Medical Assistant (CMA/CCMA/ARMA/NAHP/NHA/NCCT).
• Successful completion of Medical Assistant Core Skills and role-specific competencies.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs through observation and chart review; report to provider to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Perform clinical tasks including vital signs, procedures, preventive services, and follow-up per protocol.
• Contribute to care plan development with the interdisciplinary team and identify barriers to participation.
• Provide patient/family education and assess health literacy to tailor teaching.
• Foster patient engagement using motivational interviewing and self-management tools.
• Precept and mentor new staff or MA students as needed.

Education

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

BLS through American Heart Association

Nationally Certified as CMA/CCMA/ARMA/NAHP/NHA/NCCT

Completion of Medical Assistant Core Skills

Preferred: Medical Assisting Program/Trade/Technical School

Preferred: EMT Program/Trade/Technical School

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 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.