Medical Assistant Admin

BHMG Baptist Health Medical Group Inc.; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking an Administrative Medical Assistant for the Primary Care Brownsboro Road area to provide clinical and administrative support, check-in patients, take vital signs, perform medication reconciliation, and help with scheduling and referrals.

You will work with EPIC, assist with injections, phlebotomy, EKGs, and in-office lab tasks, while ensuring HIPAA/OSHA compliance and maintaining accurate medical records.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED plus basic computer skills and BLS-like training within 90 days.
• Prior direct patient care experience as CNA/EMT/Phlebotomist or similar role.
• NHCA CMA certification or completion of an MA program with pending certification.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient flow and check-in to deliver an exceptional patient experience.
• Review provider schedules and ensure all required information is in the patient record.
• Obtain missing information to keep medical records accurate and up to date.
• Record vital signs, medical history, medications, and preferred pharmacy.
• Assist with injections, phlebotomy, EKG, labs, and office procedures as directed.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certified Medical Assistant (NHA) certification candidate

MA education program completed

Job description

Summary Job Description: Baptist Health Medical Group Administrative Medical Assistant Primary Care Brownsboro Road area Full time/First shift The Administrative Medical Assistant will be responsible for the coordination of direct patient care activities and providing clinical and administrative support to providers. Duties include but not limited to the following: check in patients, obtaining vital signs (height, weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature) and medication reconciliation, patient medical history information, expediting patient flow, rooming patients, stocking clinic with supplies, navigating electronic health record system (EPIC), scheduling and following-up with appointments and assisting with medication fill and refill requests, checking for prior authorizations and scheduling tests, procedures and consultations. May also perform other procedures such as EKG, phlebotomy, lab tests and injections (once competency has been assessed).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the coordination and flow of patients throughout the patients visit to create an exceptional patient experience.
• Proactively check the provider’s schedule and review information within the patient record to ensure that all required information is available prior to their visit.
• Proactively obtains any missing information from the patient to ensure that medical records are accurate and up to date, which helps to ensure better care is being provided.
• Upon arrival, captures patient’s vital signs, past medical, social and family history, medication usage and preferred pharmacy information.
• Ensures compliance with all state and federal regulatory requirements including HIPAA/OSHA compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities based on Training and Certification Scope

• Able to respond to patient call backs and phone in prescription refill requests.
• Able to administer medication and injections, as directed by Physician/Provider
• Able to perform phlebotomy on patients, as directed by the Physician/ Provider
• Able to perform EKG’s, PFT’s spirometry, nebulizer treatments and ear irrigations, and other procedures, as required by the practice and directed by the Physician/Provider
• Able to perform in-office lab testing such as glucose testing, strep screens, pregnancy tests, urinalysis, and HgA1c as directed by the physician/provider.
• Able to perform sterilization on instruments used for minor procedures/surgeries according to the CDC recommended guidelines.
• Maintains all certifications/licensures as required by the scope of the role being performed.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Equivalency plus:
• Basic computer skills, specifically with navigating within databases containing highly confidential information, plus.
• Basic Life Support and other advanced training as appropriate to be received within 90 days, plus one of the following.
• Prior working experience as a C.N.A, EMT, Phlebotomist, Athletic Trainer or other healthcare discipline that provides direct patient care.
• Or a Certified MA from the National Health Career Association (NHA).
• Or completed any MA education program but has not received certification as of yet.
• Upon hire these disciplines will be assessed for clinical competency and be required to successfully complete an MA orientation | externship as well as complete any additional training as required by the Provider.

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About Baptist Health

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.

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