Certified Medical Assistant - Cma Convenient Care Carle Champaign

Position Summary
The Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.
Qualifications
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
H.S. Diploma/GED
Certification & Licensure Requirements
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days and Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) From the following certification bodies: National Health Career Association (NHA), National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT), American Allied Health (AAH) upon hire or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) From the following certification bodies: American Medical Technologists (AMT) or the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) upon hire.
Experience Requirements
Healthcare experience preferred
Skills And Knowledge
Capacity to learn and retain information. Strong customer service skills. Compassion and caring in dealing with others. Ability to operate office equipment. Proficiency in basic computer skills.
Essential Functions

• Administer medications for adults per the provider order.
• Apply and charge for Durable Medical Equipment as appropriate.
• Telephone Interactions: As directed, completing necessary telephone communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and/or other health care facilities. Gathering information and maintaining patient information via telephone per department specific processes and policies.
• Maintain department specific competencies related to point of care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
• Perform waiting room and exam room rounding.
• Provide assistance with prescription medication refills per department protocols. Call medications into pharmacies, notify patients of refills, and documents actions within the EMR per provider orders.
• Provide patient with written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow up instructions at the direction of the provider. CMA staff may retrieve and provide condition specific education from the internet, internal website, or printed materials per the provider directions and orders.
• Assist providers with procedures.
• Member of the code team.
• Obtain vitals and collect data for patients to be seen by provider.
• Rooming patients: Collecting pertinent information regarding the patient's chief complaint, vital signs and medication reconciliation upon arrival for a patient visit.
• Administer adult medications via Intramuscular, Subcutaneous and oral to adults. Inhalation therapy to adult and pediatric patients.
• Collect and process specimens correctly.
• Administrative tasks including, but not limited to, prior authorizations, scheduling appointments, verification of benefits, and coordination of referrals and testing.
• Office procedures as directed and per department specific competencies. May perform procedures such as suture or staple removal, application or removal of one step splints at the direction of a provider, reading results of negative TB skin tests or steering patient to the care of a department nurse when TB screening appears to have indications of a positive read, and other diagnostic testing at the point of care.
• Perform procedures, not limited to, EKG, ear washes, vision screening, dressing changes, wound care, suture/staple removal, point of care testing and splint application.
• Clean and prepare instrument for sterilization and sterilize instruments when appropriate.

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