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20000 Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) | 40 hours per week | Mental Health Clinic
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What they do
A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.
$38,622 / year median in Iowa
+0% projected growth
Job Description
Minimum Hiring Wage:
From $20.78 per hourJob Details:
Scheduled Hours:
Monday- Friday, 8:00am
- 5:00pm This position is based in West Burlington (3-4 days per week) and Keokuk (1-2 days per week)
Job Description:
Provides accurate and timely information to visitors and callers. Responsibilities include pre-certifying with insurance companies, filing, scheduling, maintaining records in the Electronic Medical Record system, processing patient specimens, and direct patient care. This role assists providers with office procedures. Administrative tasks include scheduling appointments, billing, coding, and maintaining medical records. Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs, documenting medical histories, preparing patients for exams, drawing blood, and administering medications under physician or advanced practice provider direction. Adaptability to varied tasks is essential. What you will do Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies. Change dressings on wounds. Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies. Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing. Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission. Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets and physicians' instructions to patients. Help physicians or physician assistant examine and treat patients, handing them instruments and materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures. Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height. Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies and equipment. Collect co-pays, coinsurance, and past due balances and record transactions. Operate equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests. Perform general office duties such as answering telephones or completing insurance forms. Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses. Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician or physician assistant. Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean. Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, and information such as test results in medical records. Schedule appointments for patients. Set up medical laboratory equipment. Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.Qualifications:
H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required Graduation from an accredited program for Medical Assistants Required Certified Medical Assistant Required 1-3 years experience in a medical office Preferred Basic Cardiac Life Support & First Aid- American Heart Association within 60 Days Required Child Abuse Iowa Mandatory Reporter
- Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Required Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter
- Iowa Department of Human Services within 180