Certified Senior Medical Assistant

Renown-Health; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Renown Health in Reno, NV seeks a Certified Senior Medical Assistant to support a Medical Home and multi-site medical group. The role includes rooming patients, coordinating tests, educating patients, and helping close care gaps as part of a collaborative care team.

You’ll mentor other medical assistants, assist providers in back-office duties, ensure compliant documentation, and contribute to quality outcomes across locations.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from Medical Assistant program preferred.
• Experience: 2 years of clinical health care; 1 year as medical assistant.
• Licenses: Nevada Office Laboratory Assistant or CMA within 90 days; multiple certifications acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Rooms patients and takes vital signs per guidelines.
• Tracks and coordinates test results and prepares lab specimens.
• Educates patients and assists with closing care gaps.
• Back-office support including referrals and authorizations.
• Maintains patient charts and documents communications.
• Assists providers with duties and ensures compliance with regulations.

Skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication skills

Clinical multitasking

Education

Medical Assistant program or school

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Excel

Teams

Word

Job description

This position is responsible for ensuring that the facility is operating efficiently.Certified Senior Medical Assistant working in a Medical Home and/or medical group setting will be an integral part of the patient's care team. They will work within the healthcare team, working together to achieve top-quality outcomes and deliver optimal patient-centered care. This position is required to room patients, track and coordinate test results, educate patients, and assist with closing care gaps.This position will be a resource and provide education to other medical assistants within the medical group on multiple topics, including but not limited to medical assistant workflow, back-office processes, and point-of-care testing. This position may float to various sites within the health system.

Nature and Scope:

This position is fluent in all staff level positions and is an integral part of training, staff development and quality assurance. This position models Renown Health's Mission, Vision, and Values, and adheres to policies and procedures and meets productivity standards. This position represents a role model for staff level personnel to emulate.This position is also responsible for assisting the provider in back office duties, including but not limited to: escorting the patient in the waiting room to the examination room promptly; taking vital signs as per guidelines; maintaining examination room stock; documenting all patient communications; preparing lab specimens for processing; completing the necessary referral forms and obtaining authorizations for referrals and keeping records of same; scheduling patients for tests; placing and receiving phone calls in order of importance and filing into patient charts to become part of the permanent record; and administering treatments and medications per provider order in accordance with established policies.In addition, this position is responsible for ensuring compliance to medical group standards for the delivery and quality of care within their assigned location(s). Promotes teamwork.The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meet the standards of quality as measured by the medical group.This position will keep abreast of all standards to assure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies including third party reimbursement requirements.This position is responsible to assist the manager in daily duties which include but are not limited to competency and quality assurance, etc.This position is responsible for developing and maintaining positive working relationships with other departments, entities, physicians, and outside agencies.The incumbent uses professionalism and diplomacy with interacting with patients of all ages, their families, physicians, office staff and other healthcare providers in the accurate collecting of demographic, clinical and financial information in person or via telephone interviews.This position does provide patient care

Minimum Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Name Description

Education: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. Graduation from Medical Assistant school preferred.

Experience: Requires 2 years of experience in a clinical health care position with minimum of 1 year as a medical assistant. Requires experience to perform basic math skills.

License(s): Current State of Nevada license for Office Laboratory Assistant or Certified Laboratory Assistant or an application must be submitted within 90 days of employment (excludes departments: 200279, 200280, 200282, 200305, 200317, 200386, 200399, 200410, 200415, 515316, 515317, 530279, 530285, 530288, 530308, 530317, 530367, 530396, 530399).

Certification(s): BLS certification by American Heart Association within 90 days of hireSome positions may require DOT and Non-DOT drug testing certifications required at time of hire. Ability to obtain and maintain one of the following certifications required at time of hire:Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) � issued by National Healthcareer Association (NHA)Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) � issued by American Medical Certification Association (AMCA)Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) � issued by American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)National Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) � issued by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) � issued by National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) � issued by American Medical Technologists (AMT) or American Allied Health Association (AAH)National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)State of Nevada EMT certification � (advanced or paramedic)

Computer / Typing: Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

Disclaimer:

The foregoing description is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Actual salary offered may vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, an individual's location and their knowledge, skills, and experience as well as internal equity.