Certified Medical Assistant: Patient Care & Team Support

Atlantic Health System; New Providence (NJ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in New Jersey seeks a Certified Medical Assistant to support patient intake, update medical records, and collect vital signs across our New Providence and Warren locations. This role includes assisting with clinic visits, verifying data, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.

You will coordinate referrals, provide patient-centered care under physician supervision, and guide patients through the health care system while delivering emotional support aligned with each

Responsibilities

• Handles patient intake, updates medical records, and administers appropriate screening tools.
• Records medical information and test results, conducts patient interviews, takes and records vital signs, collects specimens, and administers medication under physician supervision.
• Assists with walk-in and scheduled clinic visits, ensures verification and recording of clinical data and adherence to quality standards.
• Monitors environment for compliance with continual accreditation readiness and evaluates practice schedule for changes or updates.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the certified medical assistant scope of practice, incorporating elements of holistic patient-centered and team-based care.
• Guides patients through the health care system and helps patients arrive at scheduled appointments on time.
• Provides emotional support related to the patient's clinical situation in accordance with the patient's plan of care.
• Assists with referrals of patients to the appropriate specialist for diagnosis or treatment.
• Fit patients with durable medical equipment
• Administrative duties including answering phones, obtaining authorizations, and replying to patient messages
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Cross coverage is required for both locations in the event continuity of coverage is needed. Flexibility for locations and shifts is required. There is a third satellite location in Warren.

Job description

Responsible for providing general direct and indirect patient care in a clinical setting under the direct supervision of a physician. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure functionality of practice operations to provide excellent patient care. Ensures medical facilities run smoothly, and works in a clerical, administrative, or clinical capacity, and may even be asked to perform more specialized tasks.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Handles patient intake, updates medical records, and administers appropriate screening tools.

• Records medical information and test results, conducts patient interviews, takes and records vital signs, collects specimens, and administers medication under physician supervision.

• Assists with walk-in and scheduled clinic visits, ensures verification and recording of clinical data and adherence to quality standards.

• Monitors environment for compliance with continual accreditation readiness and evaluates practice schedule for changes or updates.

• Demonstrates knowledge of the certified medical assistant scope of practice, incorporating elements of holistic patient-centered and team-based care.

• Guides patients through the health care system and helps patients arrive at scheduled appointments on time.

• Provides emotional support related to the patient's clinical situation in accordance with the patient's plan of care.

• Assists with referrals of patients to the appropriate specialist for diagnosis or treatment.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.