Medical Assistant Behavioral Health

Baptist Health; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Medical Assistant for an outpatient clinic in Kentucky. The role involves direct patient care, vital signs, charting in EPIC, and coordinating patient flow. It requires familiarity with medications, scheduling, and administrative tasks within a busy clinic.

Upon completion of clinical competency, duties may expand to EKGs, phlebotomy, injections, and lab testing. On-site presence is required to support providers and ensure efficient patient care.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 1+ year MA experience in medical office/clinic setting required
• Direct, hands-on patient care including vital signs and documenting patient history
• Hands-on MA program with patient care included acceptable
• Clinical competency assessment and MA orientation required
• BLS from American Heart Association within 90 days of hire
• BAT and DOT certifications required within 90 days for Occupational Medicine MA

Responsibilities

• Obtain vital signs and document patient history
• Reconcile medications and manage medications requests
• Facilitate patient flow and scheduling
• Process prior authorizations and coordinate tests/procedures
• Maintain and update EPIC EMR and scheduling
• Assist with injections, phlebotomy, and basic procedures as competency allows

Skills

Direct patient care

Vital signs

EMR EPIC

Clinical procedures

Injections

Phlebotomy

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

MA program graduate with hands-on patient experience

Basic computer skills

Tools

EMR System

Job description

Summary Job Description: BHMG Behavioral Health Retention Bonus!

The Medical Assistant provides direct patient care and clinical support within an outpatient clinic. Responsibilities include obtaining vital signs, reconciling medications, collecting patient history, and facilitating patient flow. Additional duties involve managing the electronic health record (EPIC), scheduling appointments, processing medication requests, handling prior authorizations, and coordinating tests and procedures. Upon successful completion of clinical competency, the role may also require performing EKGs, lab tests, injections, and/or phlebotomy. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential to ensure efficient patient care and support for providers. This role requires regular on-site presence to perform the essential job functions.

Qualifications:

High School Diploma or General Education Equivalency 1+ year(s) of experience as a Medical Assistant in a medical office, clinic or similar setting required. Experience must include direct, hands-on patient care in a clinical setting, such as obtaining vital signs, documenting patient history and medications, and performing clinical procedures (e.g. EKG’s, phlebotomy, administering injections or vaccines). Or Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant training program, that includes hands on patient experience as part of the curriculum, required. Upon hire, all Medical Assistants will undergo a clinical competency assessment and must successfully complete MA orientation. Those who do not meet the required standards will be enrolled in the Medical Assistant Trainee Program for further development and evaluation. Basic computer skills, experience with EMR System a plus. Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire. BAT and DOT certifications required for Medical Assistants in Occupational Medicine within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications for a Certified Medical Assistant:

Current Medical Assistant Certification from AAMA, AMT, NAHP, NCCT, or AAMP. Or graduate of an accredited LPN or RN program with current unrestricted licensure. Upon hire, all Medical Assistants will undergo a clinical competency assessment and must successfully complete MA orientation. Those who do not meet the required standards will be enrolled in the Medical Assistant Trainee Program for further development and evaluation. Basic computer skills, experience with EMR System a plus. Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire. BAT and DOT certifications required for Medical Assistants in Occupational Medicine within 90 days of hire.

Retention bonus is reserved for new hires meeting eligibility criteria.

Medical Office, Certified Medical Assistant, CMA, AAMA, AMT, NCCT If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation,

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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