LEAD CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASST -ADVANCED CARDIOLOGY

JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; Fort Lee (NJ); On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Lead Certified Medical Assistant role at a leading healthcare provider in Fort Lee, NJ, involves overseeing clinical operations and staff, ensuring quality patient care, and coordinating multiple aspects of patient interaction. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and benefits package reflecting industry standards.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Requires at least 5 years of experience in a clinical environment.
• Must be proficient with computer systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates clinical flow and interaction of all certified medical assistant staff.
• Ensures all medical assistants provide quality treatment and promotes a positive work environment.

Skills

Communication

Coordination

Quality Assurance

Education

High School diploma or GED equivalent

Graduate of an accredited medical assistant program

Job description

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Lead Certified Medical Asst -Advanced Cardiology

HMH PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. Fort Lee, New Jersey

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• Requisition # 2025-166157
• ShiftDay
• StatusFull Time with Benefits
  
  

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Lead Certified Medical Assistant (Lead CMA) is responsible for coordinating the clinical flow, the interaction of all certified medical assistant (MA) staff, and daily functions. Ensures all MAs provide quality medical treatment. Promotes a positive work environment to align with departmental and organizational goals.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Lead Certified Medical Assistant at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Performs all duties of the Medical Assistant (see job description).
• Schedules all medical assistant and clerical staff in order to achieve optimum patient/customer service, to expedite work flow collaborating with clerical coordinator to ensure full office/clinical functioning.
• Coordinates with/assists clerical coordinator with daily front end functions such as but not limited to scheduling, registration, verification of benefits, and authorizations for testing and procedures.
• Makes recommendation to correct Quality Assurance problems and ensures employees are providing quality clinical care to patients.
• Assists with training of medical assistant staff on related services. Ensure medical assistants can perform the specialized testing required for quality patient care. These include but are not limited to A1C testing, blood glucose monitor downloading and all other required point of care testing.
• Assists with staff proficiency and competency assessment in performing these tests on an ongoing basis. Informs management if additional education is needed, and provides feedback to nurse coordinator/manager on staff proficiency on an ongoing basis.
• Orients MA staff in the use of current and future monitoring equipment and equipment upgrades.
• Ensures that the equipment is in working order, maintained properly and logbooks are up to date including calibration of equipment used for daily functioning of each clinic. Places proper work orders to correct any identified issues and teaches staff on this process so all are empowered to care for the work areas to ensure proper patient care. Delegates as necessary to share responsibilities and knowledge.
• Ensures departmental policies and procedures are followed.
• Coordinates the unit statistical data collection, reviews results, and makes recommendations for improvement based on the analysis.
• Consults with the nurse coordinator/manager in response to patient and physician complaints, following through to resolution.
• Participates in the budget process in collaboration with the nurse coordinator/manager. Monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with approved budget.
• Delegates responsibilities to MA staff in order to develop their potential and follows up on performance.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e. age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, family member and/or primary care giver at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
  
  

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Graduate of an accredited medical assistant program.
• Must be proficient with use of computer systems; possess excellent communication skills and the ability to function in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• 5 years experience in clinical environment.
  
  

Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree from an accredited college.
  
  

Licenses And Certifications Required

• Certified Medical Assistant or National Certified Medical Assistant or Certified Registered Advanced Medical Assistant or Certified Registered Medical Assistant or Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Clinical Medical Assistant Specialist or Clinical Medical Assistant Certificate or Certified Clinical Administrative Medical Assistant or Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
  
  

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Compensation

Starting at $23.97 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

Job Duties

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

• Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
• Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
• Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
• Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.
  
  

Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility

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WE KEEP GETTING BETTER

At Hackensack Meridian Health, we help our patients live better, healthier lives – and we help one another succeed. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how our team members support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we’re ready to transform health care and advance our mission to serve as a leader of positive change.

Join us and let’s keep getting better together.

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