Certified Medical Assistant (CMA/RMA) - Cardiology
Carle Health, Danville, IL, United States
Overview
$500 Sign on Bonus Available!!! (external candidates only)
The Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.
Qualifications
Certified Medical Assistant (NCCT) – National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AMT) – American Medical Technologists (AMT)
Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days – American Heart Association (AHA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (ARMA) – American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AAH) – American Allied Health (AAH)
Education: H.S. Diploma/GED
Relevant work experience in a medical setting
Responsibilities
Rooming patients: Collecting pertinent information regarding the patient's chief complaint, family history, social history, surgical history, and medication reconciliation upon arrival for a patient visit.
Telephone Interactions: Completing necessary telephone communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and other health care facilities; gathering and maintaining patient information via telephone per department specific processes and policies.
Administrative tasks: patient check‑in/check‑out, prior authorizations, scheduling appointments, verification of benefits, and coordination of referrals and testing.
Performing office procedures as directed and per department specific competencies, including urine catheterizations, bladder scanning, suture or staple removal, application or removal of casts, reading results of negative TB skin tests, and other diagnostic testing at the point of care.
Providing patients with written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow‑up instructions as directed by the provider, and retrieving and providing condition‑specific education from the internet, internal website, or printed materials per provider orders.
Administering medications per the provider order.
Assisting with prescription medication refills per department protocols: calling medications into pharmacies, notifying patients of refills, and documenting actions within the EMR per provider orders.
Maintaining department‑specific competencies related to point‑of‑care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
Applying or removing holter monitors and performing EKGs and glucose testing.
Entering orders and applying the 30‑day monitor; cleaning monitor leads.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $18.33 per hour – $29.69 per hour.
Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. Learn more at careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
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$500 Sign on Bonus Available!!! (external candidates only)
The Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.
Qualifications
Certified Medical Assistant (NCCT) – National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AMT) – American Medical Technologists (AMT)
Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP)
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days – American Heart Association (AHA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (ARMA) – American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) (AAH) – American Allied Health (AAH)
Education: H.S. Diploma/GED
Relevant work experience in a medical setting
Responsibilities
Rooming patients: Collecting pertinent information regarding the patient's chief complaint, family history, social history, surgical history, and medication reconciliation upon arrival for a patient visit.
Telephone Interactions: Completing necessary telephone communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and other health care facilities; gathering and maintaining patient information via telephone per department specific processes and policies.
Administrative tasks: patient check‑in/check‑out, prior authorizations, scheduling appointments, verification of benefits, and coordination of referrals and testing.
Performing office procedures as directed and per department specific competencies, including urine catheterizations, bladder scanning, suture or staple removal, application or removal of casts, reading results of negative TB skin tests, and other diagnostic testing at the point of care.
Providing patients with written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow‑up instructions as directed by the provider, and retrieving and providing condition‑specific education from the internet, internal website, or printed materials per provider orders.
Administering medications per the provider order.
Assisting with prescription medication refills per department protocols: calling medications into pharmacies, notifying patients of refills, and documenting actions within the EMR per provider orders.
Maintaining department‑specific competencies related to point‑of‑care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
Applying or removing holter monitors and performing EKGs and glucose testing.
Entering orders and applying the 30‑day monitor; cleaning monitor leads.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $18.33 per hour – $29.69 per hour.
Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. Learn more at careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. For more information: human.resources@carle.com.
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