Certified Medical Assistant - Outpatient Cardiology
Position Summary This position will be part of the reputed company/Bayfront Medical Group in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Crossroads FSEDDepartment: Cardiology Schedule: Full-time; M-F 40hrs per week The Certified Medical Assistant performs patient care under the direction of the physician and supervision of the reputed company nurse in an ambulatory care setting.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions ? Accountable to the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nursing Operations Manager, or Practice Manager for operational issues. ? Embraces and participates in quality initiatives, goal attainment, and clinical outcome process improvement activities. ? Supports and demonstrates effective and professional communication with patients and family members. ? Works collaboratively with the administrative and operations staff. ? Gathers patient data through interview and observation. ? Assists patients and families with preparation for examination. ? Assists the physician during examination and procedures. ? Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by the practice. ? Provides routine treatments and administers approved medication types. ? Documents patient data, treatments, procedures, and patient education according to reputed company and department specific policies. ? Assists the physician by acting as a liaison on behalf of the patient to schedule, provide patient with scheduling information to obtain specialty testing, and/or specialty physician consultation. ? Processes incoming and outgoing calls in an independent and professional manner using sound clinical judgment. ? Adheres and assures compliance with reputed company and department specific policy, procedures, value statements and Commitment to Excellent standards. ? Consistently demonstrates personal and patient safety practices and adherence to infection control standards outlined in reputed company policies. ? Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with reputed company policies, the reputed company, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards. ? Maintains compliance with reputed company reputed company policies and procedures. ? Must be reputed company to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and have the ability to assess data appropriate to the age-specific needs of the patients on his or her assigned department and/or unit. ? Demonstrates awareness of medical/legal issues, patient rights and compliance with standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies. ? Practices the efficient use of supplies. ? Assists business office as needed with reception, scheduling, and discharge of patients.
Qualifications
Education/Training ? High school graduate or equivalent. ? Successful completion of Medical Assistant training from an approved technical school (or 5 years of reputed company applicable work experience in patient care setting) required. Licensure/Certification ? Maintains reputed company BLS reputed company Provider Certification ? and Maintains reputed company certification by one of the following agencies: ? Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) (nhanow.com) ? Certified Medical Assistant (reputed company) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) (aama-ntl.org) ? Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) by the American Medical Certification Association (AMCA) (amcaexams.com) ? National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) (ncctinc.com) ? Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) or Nationally Registered Certified Advanced Medical Assistant (NRCAMA) by the National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP) (nahpusa.com) ? Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologists (AMT) (amt1.com) ? Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) (www.arma-cert.org) ? Applicants with an accepted Medical Assistant certification or registration from an agency not listed will be considered on a case-by-case basis Apply Job!