Certified Medical Assistant - Jewett Orthopedic Institute, Winter Park

About the Role

The Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) plays a key role in delivering high-quality patient care in an outpatient/ambulatory setting. Working under the direction of a physician and the supervision of the lead nurse, the CMA supports daily clinical operations by assisting with exams, procedures, and documentation, while ensuring a smooth and positive experience for patients.

Responsibilities

• 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 Orlando Health 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.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Successful completion of Medical Assistant training from an approved technical school (or at least one (1) year of verifiable and applicable work experience as a Medical Assistant in a patient care setting).

Qualifications

• Maintains current BLS Healthcare Provider Certification.
• Maintains current certification or registration by one of the following agencies:
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Health career Association (NHA) (nhanow.com)
  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) 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) (www.amt1.com), the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) (www.arma-cert.org), or by American Allied Health (AAH) (americanalliedhealth.com)
• Applicants with an accepted Medical Assistant certification or registration from an agency not listed will be considered on a case-by-case basis.