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Longmont Family Medicine
Certified Medical Assistant
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What they do
A Medical Assistant assists physicians and other medical specialists with routine administrative or clinical tasks. Organizes patient records, schedules appointments, and prepares medical equipment. May specialize in administrative or clinical work, or specialize in a particular area of medicine, i.e. assisting in the office of an ophthalmologist (eye specialist). Works in medical offices.
$42,105 / year median in Colorado
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Certified Medical Assistant Longmont Family Medicine Longmont, CO Job Details Full-time $20 - $27 an hour 8 hours ago Benefits Health savings account Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Employee assistance program 401(k) matching Life insurance Qualifications Clinic experience Driver's License Medical Assisting Medical assisting Family medicine Full Job Description Join us in caring for individuals and families at all stages of health. ~ Compensation/pay is determined by years of experience in primary care and education. ~
Job Title:
Certified Medical Assistant Reports to:MA Manager, Practice Manager, Medical Director Status:
At will, non-exempt employee As a Certified Medical Assistant, you are essential in the coordination of the clinical aspect at the practice and training support of incoming staff. You serve as a liaison between patients and providers to ensure that the clinic's systems are implemented correctly and efficiently to provide high quality (both clinical and patient service) care to patients. You are a member of the team that is aligned with a patient-focused model of care. Your role contributes extensively to an overall positive patient experience, clinic organization, and operations of care. Duties and Responsibilities (Includes, but is not limited to the activities below): Leadership and Team Responsibilities -- Demonstrate in the workplace: growing and developing, communicating changes needed and improvement in care.
- Attends and actively participates in meetings (1-1, huddles, MA/Front meetings, All-Staff meetings, Retreats, and more) and communicates clinical training needs.
Leads/Managers:
- Assists in the exam room as necessary, including pap smears, IUDs, and minor surgeries.
- Performs, but not limited to: Preventive Care reviews, Retinal eye exams, Central Blood pressure, venipunctures, injections, urine cultures, rapid strep/rapid flu/covid testing, pregnancy tests, EKGs, PFTs, and ICGs, vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration, oximetry, peak flows, orthostatic vital signs), immunizations. Also, cross-trains to cover in the Lab when needed.
- Answers/receives calls for incoming patient needs, and triages calls.
- Maintains Clinical Buckets to - ▪ Addresses medication refill requests (within 3-5 days), ▪ Addresses Patient Cases (within 48-72hours), ▪ Orders and places referrals through insurance, including imaging, diagnostics, and specialty care (within 1 week), ▪ Places prior authorizations for medications and testing if necessary through insurance (within 3-5 days), ▪ Notifies patients of normal/abnormal test results as requested by Provider (within 1-2 days) .
- Reconciles patient lists, calls and schedules visits to support Clinical Quality Measures.
- Opens and Closes office: opening/closing doors, turning on/off office lights, address voice messages, clean waiting room throughout the day, clean kitchen/dishes, gather documents for shredding daily to ensure patient privacy.
- Stocks supplies and forms in exam rooms; cleans assigned rooms, window sills, tables, and countertops. Evaluation
- Conducts assessment of oneself every 3 months and identifies growth and develop plans in the workplace for: ▪ Individual characteristics and Teamliness, ▪ Chart preparation and documentation pre, during, and post encounter (Chart Check/audit), and ▪ Daily, weekly, and monthly checklist responsibilities.
- Prepares for an annual evaluation as requested. Qualifications
- Certificate in Medical Assisting (Required).
- 3-10 years experience in a medical practice/care setting, primary care-Family Medicine (required)
- Examination, diagnostic, and treatment room procedures, medical equipment and instruments, and common safety hazards and precaution
- Maintains professional certification and a current, valid driver's license