Certified Medical Assistant BCC

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Mississippi seeks a Nursing/Medical Assistant to provide patient care under licensed personnel and to support clinical operations. The role includes phlebotomy, data collection, and collaboration with nurses and physicians to ensure quality patient care.

Responsibilities include room setup, specimen collection, documenting results in EMR, front desk support, scheduling, and safety adherence.

Qualifications

• Approved nursing or medical assistant course.
• Minimum of one year experience.
• High School Diploma or equivalent; MA program graduate.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient through data collection and communicates assessment information to patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Identifies VS and lab alert values, communicates values outside parameters with the nurse/provider.
• Gathers reports from staff, labs, imaging, pathology and makes them available to physicians as requested.
• Keeps patient workflow efficient.
• Assists physicians with procedures and specimen collection while maintaining quality control.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Communication

Computer literacy

Certification upkeep

Education

High School Diploma

Medical Assistant program graduate

Job description

Job Summary

Provides personal care assistance under the direction of licensed personnel and/or administrator.

Job Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient through the collection of data relevant to the patient's condition and communicates assessment information effectively with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Identifies VS and lab alert values, and communicates values outside parameters with the patient's nurse/provider promptly and effectively.
• Gathers reports from staff, labs, imaging, pathology and others, and makes available to the physicians as requested.
• Provides assistance in keeping efficient patient workflow.
• Provides assistance to physicians with procedures as well as specimen collection while maintaining quality control standards.
• Sets up rooms for procedures and exams, draws and labels peripheral blood specimens according to hospital policy, and under the supervision of physicians enters the results in the electronic medical record.
• Provides for patient safety through standard precautions and quality control methods.
• Assists with coverage of the front desk by answering phones, accurately and thoroughly documenting in the EMR, then routing to the appropriate personnel.
• Schedules appointments, registers patients, schedules outpatient procedures/testing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience

• Approved nursing or medical assistant course.
• Minimum of one year experience.

Education

High School Diploma. Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent.

Training

Approved nursing or medical assistant course

Special Skills

• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Computer literacy. Maintain Certification.
• Phlebotomy experience

Licensure

• BLS certification within 14 days of hire date; CMA certification required.
• Certified by the National Certification Board (National Center for Competency Testing) or obtain within 6 months of hire date.