Float Certified Medical Assistant II

CommonSpirit Health

  • Lexington, KY
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Overview:Welcome to CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group, a full service network of primary care services specializing in family, internal, geriatric and pediatric care serving 88 locations across central and Eastern Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is dedicated to delivering customized care based on the unique needs of our patients and is recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for two years in a row (2023-2024).CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.Responsibilities:Essential FunctionsPerform general patient care by following established standards and procedures.Greet and prepare patients for the health care provider.May be required to collect urine drug specimens, draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis.Administer ordered medications and /or vaccines via oral, injection, topically, rectal, ophthalmic, and /or nasal administration.May perform routine tests including but not limited to EKGs.Schedules patients for diagnostic testing and follows up to ensure completion of testing.Communicates with patient regarding test results and plan of care by phone or mail as directed by physician.Prepare, clean and sterilize instruments and maintain equipment; keep patient exam rooms stocked, clean and orderly; dispose of contaminated items according to protocol.Formulates and documents patient plan(s) of care, tests and examination results in the medical record as directed by the provider.Escalate non-routine issues, questions and/or concerns to the practice manager or healthcare provider (s).Ensure safety checklists/quality controls are completed as required.Provide for the patient safety and protection of patient privacy rights.The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:Qualifications-HS degree or equivelant required-CMA license (CCMA, CMA, CMA-NHA, NCMA, NRCMA, RMA, RMA-AAH, CMA-MMCI) required-BLS required-2 years of medical assistant experience preferred

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