Medical Assistant: Urgent Care with Growth & Benefits

American Family Care; Irondale (AL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

Growth opportunities

Job summary

American Family Care is seeking a Medical Assistant to support clinical care and front-desk functions across urgent care settings. You’ll greet patients, triage, collect vitals, perform CLIA-waived tests, assist with procedures, and help ensure accurate coding and billing with insurance verification.

Ideal candidates have completed an accredited Medical Assistant program, hold an active national MA certification, at least 1 year of insurance verification/patient registration experience, BLS, EMR

Qualifications

• Accredited Medical Assistant program completed.
• Active national MA certification (CMA, RMA, CCMA or equivalent) at hire.
• At least 1 year of experience with insurance verification and patient registration.
• Current BLS certification or ability to obtain before starting.
• Urgent care or ER experience highly valued.
• EMR proficiency, Experity preferred; comfort with payer portals.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Care: greet and triage patients; collect vitals/histories; venipuncture; CLIA-waived testing; assist with procedures; wound care; EKGs; nebulizer therapy.
• Insurance Verification & Front Desk: register patients; verify eligibility; determine financial responsibility; collect co-pays; reconcile logs; maintain EMR accuracy.
• Patient Service: educate patients on procedures and financial expectations; provide discharge instructions; de-escalate concerns with empathy.
• Team & Compliance: participate in daily huddles; maintain compliance logs; support infection-control and HIPAA standards.

Skills

Clinical procedures

Patient service

EMR proficiency

Venipuncture

Education

Medical Assistant program

Tools

EMR: Experity

Payer portals

Job description

American Family Care is seeking a Medical Assistant to support clinical care and front-desk functions across urgent care settings. You’ll greet patients, triage, collect vitals, perform CLIA-waived tests, assist with procedures, and help ensure accurate coding and billing with insurance verification.

Ideal candidates have completed an accredited Medical Assistant program, hold an active national MA certification, at least 1 year of insurance verification/patient registration experience, BLS, EMR