Certified Medical Assistant - Full-time / Part-time

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"CHI Health St. Mary’s has served Nebraska City and the surrounding areas since 1927. In the fall of 2014 St. Mary’s opened the doors of a brand-new fully modernized facility. The new 110000-square-foot campus is better equipped to meet the changing needs of our community with among other benefits an increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. St. Mary’s encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists. This contributes to the high quality of care our patients have come to expect./span/p Responsibilities: p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" /pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="color: #000000;"JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE /span/strong/span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Under the direction of the health care provider, the medical assistant participates in delivery of patient care that promotes the well-being and safety of all patients. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="color: #000000;"ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES /span/strong/span/polli style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Performs general patient care following established clinic workflows.  /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Performs general patient care following established clinic workflows. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Greets and prepares patients for the health care provider by obtaining and recording vital signs, reviewing drug allergies and current medications, completing applicable screening questionnaires documenting reason for visit.  /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Collects and prepares ordered specimens for laboratory analysis. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Prepares and provides ordered medications and/or vaccines to patients. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Cleans and sterilizes instruments. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Ensures patient exam rooms are stocked, clean, and orderly.  /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Escalates non-routine issues, questions and/or concerns timely and appropriately.  /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Ensures safety checklists and quality controls are completed as required and necessary action taken if indicated. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" Performs other duties within scope of role as assigned.  /span/li/ol Qualifications: p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;"Required Education for Staff Job Levels/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Graduate of medical assisting program accredited by Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education (CAAHEP). /span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Programs accredited by other credentialed bodies may be considered if program included formal externship. /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;"Required Licensure and Certifications/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Active status on Nebraska Medication Aide Registry within 90 days of hire. /span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Current/valid nationally recognized certification, registration or recognition for medical assistants (AAMA/CMA, RMA, NCMA Basic Life Support (BLS). /span/li/ul