Medical Assistant Coordinator / General Surgery Clinic - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Be inspired. Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare./span/strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be.  We provide: /span/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1 /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Student Loan Repayment Assistance Reimbursement Programs /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Family-focused benefits  /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Wellness incentives /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"Ongoing mentorship, emdevelopment, /emand leadership programs  /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"And more /span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"  /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Candidate must meet the following requirements:/span/strong/pullispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Medical Assistant certification from NHA, NCCT, AAMA, or AMT./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Current BLS from the American Heart Association upon hire./span/li/ul Description: p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"We are seeking a capable strongMedical Assistant / MA Coordinator/strong who has acquired broad experience in caring for patients and has developed a sound understanding about the care of a particular patient population./span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pul style="margin-top: 0in;"li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Performs assigned patient care and observation duties under the direction of a licensed provider, RN, or LPN. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Responsible for performing routine and more complex medical assistant clinical duties to include, but not limited to, taking vital signs, administering a limited profile of medications per The Emory Clinic approved policy, performing simple diagnostic tests, collecting specimens, drawing blood, sterilizing and cleaning equipment, and maintaining examination rooms in an outpatient care setting. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"As part of a patient focused service, promotes a supportive and healing environment to enhance customer and staff satisfaction. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Assists in emergency situations as directed by a licensed provider, RN, or LPN. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Maintains a clean and healthy environment in compliance with Universal Precaution guidelines and safety standards. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Orders, verifies, and stores unit supplies. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Performs patient and practice administrative duties including: patient check in/out, chart prep, POS collection, scheduling follow-up appointments, scheduling ancillary procedure appointments, uploading imaging and records, precertification for procedures, Zendesk requests, bump list, answering calls, and charge entry admin pool messages. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"All duties and patient interaction performed in accordance with Emory Healthcare patient and family centered care standards. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"May participate in research projects impacting patient care areas. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Performs other related responsibilities as required. /span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: /span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0in;"li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"High School Diploma or GED required. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Basic computer skills required. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"One year work experience preferred. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Current AHA BLS certification is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Current certification as one of the following is required: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) from the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) from the American Medical Technologists (AMT), Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) from the National Healthcareer Association (NHA), or National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) from National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT). /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Preferred certification is the CMA or RMA. /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Must successfully complete all medical assistant orientation and training requirements and annual skills competency. /span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY!/span/strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet® designated ambulatory practice. We are made up of 11 hospitals-7 Magnet® designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties./span/p Additional Details: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at a href="mailto:careers@emoryhealthcare.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"careers@emoryhealthcare.org/a. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred./span/p