Certified Medical Assistant, PRN

Description

At SageWest Health Care , we are committed to providing our patients with the highest quality, family-friendly care available. SageWest Health Care is located in Fremont County, Wyoming, encompassing two hospitals, one in Riverton and one in Lander. Each offers a wide range of healthcare services, including inpatient medical services, emergency room services, surgical services, imaging services, laboratory diagnostic services, primary care, infusion services, and women’s health.

Location: Windriver ENT Clinic

Hours: PRN

Position Summary

The Clinic- Certified Medical Assistant (MA) has duties and responsibilities related to patient care in the ambulatory clinic environment. The individual displays responsible behaviors, communicates effectively to others and function as a member of the healthcare team. The CMA reports to the Practice Manager, who is responsible for administrative supervision, staff development, and orientation of the CMA to the area’s policies and procedures. The CMA must demonstrate competency in all skills related to the performance of patient care. The CMA maintains an inventory of examination/procedure room supplies, assists in the organization of efficient patient flow, and organizes the clinic environment to assure patient safety. The CMA demonstrates problem-solving skills as they relate to patient care activities.

The position is essential for the functioning of the SageWest Medical Group. The workload is generated by the number of patients the provider encounters each day. Requires ability to make decisions and judgments based on knowledge and experience.

Primary (Essential) Duties:

Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

Qualifications

Required

• National Certification or Registration as a Medical Assistant through an accredited body
• High School Diploma/GED diploma
• BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patient’s needs.

Preferred

• Experience with Electronic Medical Record programs preferred
• Medical Terminology preferred