Certified Medical Assistant - Baptist Memorial Health

Summary

Provides personal care assistance under the direction of licensed personnel and/or administrator. Performs other duties as assigned. Upholds the standard of the mission, vision, and values of Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient through the collection of data relevant to the patient's condition and communicates assessment information effectively with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
• Identifies VS and lab alert values, and communicates values outside parameters with the patient's nurse/provider promptly and effectively.
• Gathers reports from staff, labs, imaging, pathology and others, and makes available to the physicians as requested.
• Provides assistance in keeping efficient patient workflow.
• Provides assistance to physicians with procedures as well as specimen collection while maintaining quality control standards.
• Sets up rooms for procedures and exams, draws and labels peripheral blood specimens according to hospital policy, and under the supervision of physicians enters the results in the electronic medical record.
• Provides for patient safety through standard precautions and quality control methods.
• Assists with coverage of the front desk by answering phones, accurately and thoroughly documenting in the EMR, then routing to the appropriate personnel.
• Schedules appointments, registers patients, schedules outpatient procedures/testing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements, Preferences and Experience

Education

Minimum: High School Diploma. Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent.

Experience

Preferred: Minimum of one year experience.

Licensure, Registration, Certification

Minimum: BLS required or completed within 14 days of hire. CMA certification required.

Special Skills

Preferred: Phlebotomy experience

Minimum: Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Computer literacy. Maintain Certification.

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.

At Baptist, We Offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Paid vacation/time off
• Continuing education opportunities
• Generous retirement plan
• Health insurance, including dental and vision
• Sick leave
• Service awards
• Free parking
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts
• Education assistance/continuing education
• Employee referral program

Job Summary:
Position: 4600 - Assistant-Certified Medical
Facility: Baptist Cancer Center Dyersburg TC
Department: TC BCC Dyersburg MG
Category: Nursing Support & Patient Care
Type: Clinical
Work Type: Full Time
Work Schedule: Days
Location: US:TN:Dyersburg