Medical Assistant Certified/Registered, Clinic

About the role

Join the SSM Health Nephrology team in a clinical support role open to MAs, CMAs, RMAs (graduates of a medical assisting school), EMTs with a WI license, Paramedics with a WI license, or LPNs with a WI license.

Position duties

• Patient rooming
• In-office procedure assistance
• Injection and vaccine administration
• General clinical administrative tasks in the electronic medical record program (Epic)

Schedule

• 32 hours per week
• 8am–5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
• No nights, weekends, or holidays
• Travel to Waupun 2–4 times per month

What we're looking for

• Comfortable with hands-on patient care
• Open to new experiences and new challenges
• Ambitious, motivated, and sympathetic in nature
• Experience and expertise are preferred, but we welcome candidates who are excited by the opportunity

Primary responsibilities

• Assists with treatments ordered by provider as supervised by provider or registered nurse
• Performs select clinical duties
• Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and records information on patients' charts
• Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients
• Performs basic clerical duties including answering the phone, maintaining records, scheduling patients, and filing
• Performs basic materials management functions to include ordering and stocking of supplies
• Assists with maintaining a clean and orderly environment
• May document the provider's encounter with patients; lists all proper diagnoses and symptoms, as well as follow-up instructions and prescriptions, as indicated by the provider
• Transcribes patient orders including laboratory tests, radiology tests, and medications
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience. Wisconsin only: High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience, and graduate from medical assistant school or training program or education equivalency for certification.

Experience

No experience required.

Physical requirements

• Constant standing and walking
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs
• Occasional lifting/moving patients
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors
• Occasional driving

Required licenses and certifications

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• And one of the following:
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
  • Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) – American Medical Certification Association (AMCA)
  • Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Allied Health Association (AAH)
  • Medical Assistant Certification (MAC) – American Medical Certification Association (AMCA)
  • National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) – National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
  • Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Association of Medical Personnel (AAMP)
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Medical Technologists (AMT)
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE)
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit through DailyPay offering eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members