About this role
Position Summary
Job title: Certified Medical Assistant
Department: FMC Dermatology
Location: 603 7th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Shift: Full-time, Day Shift
Summary Performs patient care under the direction of the physician or Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in an ambulatory setting
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Accountable to the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nursing Operations Manager, or Practice Manager for operational issues.
- Embraces and participates in quality initiatives, goal attainment, and clinical outcome process improvement activities.
- Supports and demonstrates effective and professional communication with patients and family members.
- Works collaboratively with the administrative and operations staff.
- Gathers patient data through interview and observation.
- Assists patients and families with preparation for examination.
- Assists the physician or APP during examination and procedures.
- Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by the practice.
- Provides routine treatments and administers approved medication types.
- Documents patient data, treatments, procedures, and patient education according to Orlando Health and department-specific policies.
- Assists the physician or APP by acting as a liaison on behalf of the patient to schedule and provides scheduling information for specialty testing and/or specialty physician consultation.
- Processes incoming and outgoing calls independently and professionally using sound clinical judgment.
- Enters medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders into the electronic medical system under the direction of a provider.
- Adheres to and assures compliance with Orlando Health and department-specific policies, procedures, value statements, and Commitment to Excellent standards.
- Consistently demonstrates personal and patient safety practices and adheres to infection control standards outlined in Orlando Health policies.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Successful completion of Medical Assistant training from an approved technical school (or at least one (1) year of verifiable and applicable work experience as a Medical Assistant in a patient care setting) required.
- None.
- Maintains current BLS Healthcare Provider Certification – and * Maintains current certification or registration by one of the following agencies: * Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) (www.nhanow.com) * Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) (www.aama-ntl.org) * Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) by the American Medical Certification Association (AMCA) (www.amcaexams.com) * National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) (www.ncctinc.com) * Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) or Nationally Registered Certified Advanced Medical Assistant (NRCAMA) by the National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP) (www.nahpusa.com) * Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologists (AMT) (www.amt1.com), the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) (www.arma-cert.org), or by American Allied Health (AAH) (www.americanalliedhealth.com) * Applicants with an accepted Medical Assistant certification or registration from an agency not listed will be considered on a case-by-case basis.