Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

Busy primary care practice in Myrtle Beach seeking a Certified Medical Assistant. Background in Primary Care preferred.

Schedule

• Monday through Thursday: 7:45 am – 5:15 pm
• Friday: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
• No nights or weekends

Benefits

• Paid holidays, PTO, and sick time
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Pre-paid legal services
• Identity theft protection
• Pet insurance
• 401k plan

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to clinic patients under supervision of physicians and Patient/Clinical Services Manager
• Travel between offices as needed
• Assess patient’s general condition and take vital signs and weight
• Assist physicians with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments
• Provide basic patient care as ordered
• Document all activities/interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed in the medical record
• Promote wellness by providing patient education materials and communicating physician advice/instructions
• Adhere to infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies
• Review all patient cases and acknowledge requests; update action notes before closing
• Review all cases created for providers at office location
• Handle patient request for call backs promptly and in a timely manner
• Maintain inventory at a minimum and place medical supply orders as needed
• Keep patient’s rooms fully stocked and cleaning log up to date
• Demonstrate current competencies applicable to job position

Requirements

• Certification or Nursing license required upon hire and maintained during employment
• Excellent computer and customer service skills

Knowledge

• Basic nursing principles and protocols
• Policies and procedures related to infection control, environmental safety, and patient confidentiality
• Medical chart reporting/records

Skills

• Appropriate assessment and assistance techniques
• Use of universal precautions, safe workplace, and confidentiality methods
• Health information management by appropriately charting patient data

Abilities

• Work effectively as team members with physicians and other staff
• Appropriately interact with patients, families, staff, and others
• Flexibly respond to changing demands

Working Conditions

• Combination of office and exam room settings
• Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations
• Hepatitis B vaccination and TB test required

Physical & Mental Demands

• Varied activities including sitting, walking, stooping, lifting, bending, reaching
• Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and lift up to 100 pounds
• Occasional stress from workload
• Must be able to use office equipment: phone, writing instruments, PC, fax
• Must be able to use medical equipment: stethoscope, EKG machine, ear washing equipment, speculums, scales, blood pressure cuff