Medical Assistant

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Medical Assistant for a full-time position in Kentucky. Schedule is M-F 0800-1630 and duties include chart preparation, medication reconciliation, vital signs, minor procedures, and assisting physicians.

The role supports clinic flow, patient scheduling, and documentation of medical history, with emphasis on efficient patient care and collaboration with clinicians. Competitive benefits accompany the role.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• One year medical office experience preferred.
• MA Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assures that clinical areas are in order.
• Prepares exam rooms for procedures and assists physician with certain medical procedures.
• Conducts and records clinical interview with patients including vital signs and medical history.
• Patient scheduling workflows and coverage for planned/unplanned scheduler time away.
• Duties include patient scheduling, answering department calls, handling referrals and work queues, and importing consult notes.

Skills

Medical office experience

Vital signs

Patient scheduling

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

MA Certification

Job description

Summary Job Description

Medical Assistant Full Time, M-F 0800-1630 The Medical Assistant performs the following duties: chart preparation, medication reconciliation, vital signs, height, weight, assists in minor procedures, clinic flow and any other duties as needed to assist physician.

Job Duties

• Assures that clinical areas are in order.
• Prepares exam rooms for procedures and assists physician with certain medical procedures according to policy.
• Conducts and records clinical interview with patients including vital signs and medical history.
• Patient scheduler workflows: provide coverage for planned and unplanned scheduler time away and assist scheduler as needed.
• Duties include: patient scheduling, answering incoming department calls, handling referrals and work queues, assign/check in monthly billing numbers, and importing consult notes.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED Preferred
• One year medical office experience is preferred
• MA Certification preferred

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Baptist Health Overview

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 centres, 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.

Accessibility Services

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