Clinical Coordinator

BHMG Baptist Health Medical Group Inc.; Lancaster (KY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Medical Group in Lancaster, KY is seeking a skilled Medical Assistant to support clinic operations and patient care. You will assist in patient flow, document vital signs, handle prescriptions, and administer injections under provider supervision.

The role requires CMA certification, BLS, and at least 5 years of direct patient interaction in a physician's office. Proficiency with exams and in-office tests is expected.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assisting program with CMA certification.
• 5 years' experience in direct patient interaction in a physician's office setting.
• Basic Life Support and other advanced training as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Assists in patient flow from waiting room to visit.
• Captures vital signs and current medications for provider evaluation.
• Handles patient call backs and prescription refills within scope.
• Administers medications and injections as directed by the provider.
• Prepares for clinic by reviewing schedule and patient records.
• Administers IV therapy within training scope.
• Able to perform phlebotomy.
• Performs EKGs, PFTs, spirometry, nebulizer treatments and related tests.
• Performs in-office labs such as glucose, strep, pregnancy tests, urinalysis, HbA1c.
• Sterilizes instruments and stocks rooms as needed.
• Interacts with referral sources and providers in a customer-focused manner.
• Monitors clinical staff performance with Practice Manager.

Skills

Medical assisting

Vital signs

Phlebotomy

EKG

Injections

Patient interaction

Education

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

BLS certification

Job description

Summary Job Description:

BHMG Rural Health Clinic Lancaster, KY

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists in the efficient flow of patients from the waiting room through their provider visit
• Effectively captures data needed to facilitate the provider's ability to efficiently evaluate patients including but not limited to vital signs and current medications
• Handles patient call backs and prescriptions refills within the scope of the certification for this position
• Administers medication and injections as directed by the provider
• Prepares in advance for the provider's clinic to run smoothly by checking the schedule and the patient record to make sure all documents are available for provider viewing
• Administers IV therapy as directed by the provider if within the scope of training
• Able to perform phlebotomy
• Performs EKGs, PFTs, spirometry, nebulizer treatments and ear irrigations, and other procedures appropriate to level of training and within the scope of the certification of this position
• Performs in-office lab testing such as glucose testing, strep screens, pregnancy tests, urinalysis, and HgbA1c as directed by the provider
• Perform sterilization on instruments used for minor procedures/surgeries
• Stocks rooms and helps monitor supplies as needed
• Effectively interacts with referral sources and other healthcare providers in a customer-focused manner.
• Monitors clinical staff performance and conducts annual competency evaluations in conjunction with the Practice Manager

Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures/Certifications/Registrations Required:

• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assisting program with current CMA certification from AAMA, AMT, NCCT, AAMP, NAHP
• Surgical Practice experience or direct experience working with Surgeons preferred
• Basic Life Support and other advanced training as appropriate.
• 5 years' experience in direct patient interaction in a physician's office setting
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Computer skills preferred

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves.

The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana.

Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.

Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians.

Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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