Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

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

Schedule

• Monday–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 disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Pre-paid legal and identity-theft protection
• 401(k) plan

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to clinic patients under physician and manager supervision
• Travel between offices as needed
• Assess patient’s general condition, take vital signs and weight
• Assist physicians with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments
• Provide basic patient care as ordered
• Document all activities, interventions, patient responses, and medication in the medical record
• Promote wellness through patient education materials and physician advice
• Adhere to infection control, safety guidelines, and confidentiality policies
• Review and acknowledge patient cases; update action notes before closing
• Handle patient call-back requests promptly
• Maintain inventory and place medical supply orders as needed
• Keep patient rooms fully stocked and cleaning log up to date
• Demonstrate current competencies applicable to the job position

Requirements

• Certification or nursing license required upon hire and maintained during employment
• Excellent computer and customer service skills
• Ability to travel between offices

Knowledge

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

Skills

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

Abilities

• Work effectively as a team member with physicians and other staff
• Interact appropriately 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, and medicinal preparations
• Hepatitis B vaccination and TB test required

Physical & Mental Demands

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