Certified Medical Assistant, DPC Croasdaile UC Durham, NC-12 hr shifts w/addl hours
Company: Duke Health
Location: Durham
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
Duke Primary Care -Croasdaile UC, Durham1821 Hillandale RdDurham
27705For details, click on link- - -Duke Primary Care Duke Primary
Care is a broad network of community-based clinics that offer
family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, and urgent care
services. With 400 providers in nearly 50 locations, Duke Primary
Care is the largest primary care network in the greater Triangle.
Our network saw more than 750,000 patient encounters in fiscal year
2021.Our Duke Primary Care clinics provide personalized care for
adults and children, from sick visits to preventive care, health
screenings to immunizations, and annual exams to chronic disease
management. Select primary care clinics also provide behavioral
health, diabetes education, pharmacy, and other population health
services. Duke Primary Care clinics are accredited and designated a
Primary Care Medical Home by The Joint Commission.Our Duke Urgent
Care centers offer evaluation and treatment for minor illnesses and
injuries 12 hours a day, seven days a week when a patient--------s
primary care provider is not available. Services also include
certain physical exams and vaccinations. A pediatric specialist is
available at select locations. Patients can walk in to one of our
nine urgent care centers located throughout the greater Triangle or
can schedule a virtual visit to receive care from the comfort of
home.Duke Nursing Highlights: -
- Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet
organization
- Nurses from each hospital areconsistently recognized each year
as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
- Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of
Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for
being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
- Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
- Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle! -Certified Medical
Assistant-DPC Croasdaile Urgent Care-Medical Assistant License is
Required- (8am-8pm w/additional hours as required by the clinic)
-As a world-class academic and health care system, Duke Health
strives to transform medicine and health locally and globally
through innovative scientific research, rapid translation of
breakthrough discoveries, educating future clinical and scientific
leaders, advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to
improve community health, and leading efforts to eliminate health
inequalities.The Certified Medical Assistant functions as an
integral member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in
providing direct patient care. The Certified Medical Assistant
performs routine administrative and patient care supportive duties
in a Health System medical practice that assist medical and/or
nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and
ensure the clinic/office runs smoothly -Work
PerformedResponsibilities:
- The CMA takes medical histories and records vital signs,
explains treatment procedures to patients, and prepares patients
for examinations and procedures
- Patient care support responsibilities may include assisting the
medical and nursing staff during examination and procedures,
collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, performing basic
laboratory test in the clinic/office, taking electrocardiograms,
removing sutures/ staples, changing sterile and no n-sterile
dressings, promoting patient/family understanding of the
educational content and his/her involvement in the plan of care,
and documenting in the patient record
- Other clinical support responsibilities include disposing of
contaminated supplies, instrument processing, high level dis
infection and sterilization of medical instruments, telephoning
prescript ions to a pharmacy, preparing and administering
medications as directed by a physician, and authorizing drug
refills as directed
- Performs other clinical functions as delegated and supervised
by the physician -Administrative responsibilities:
- The CMA greets patients, answers telephones, schedules
appointments in MaestroCare, checkout patients, referral
scheduling; arranges for hospital admissions and laboratory
services, updates files and -patient medical records, fills out
insurance forms, handles billing, bookkeeping to include receiving
copay s and collections on account balances; correspondence, and
ordering clinical and clerical supplies and forms
- Performs other administrative duties as directed.
- May be requested to be a liaison for clinic activities such as
Joint Commission and falls and/or participate in clinic committees
- -Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Good customer service skills
- Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and
written instructions generally acquired through a high school
education and medical assistant programming.
- Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and
wheelchair patients may be required
- Working knowledge of sterile techniques and special procedures
that are applicable to work performed
- Working knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in
administering routine and special treatments to patients
- Working knowledge of sanitation, personal hygiene and basic
health and safety precautions applicable for work in a clinic
setting
- Working knowledge of infection control procedures and safety
precautions
- Age specific competencies
- Daily clinic preparation process; registration, scheduling,
charge posting, order entry
- Able to document and communicate pertinent information -
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working
relationships with patients and clinic staff -
- Typing skills, medical terminology Levels II and III
- Ability to independently seek out resources and work
collaborativelyLevel Characteristics- N/A -Minimum Qualifications
Education
- Level I -- Graduation from accredited Medical Assistant
program
- Medical assistant license is required
- High school or GED graduation required
- Level II -- Graduation from a medical assistant program
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools (ABHES) strongly preferred. High school or GED
graduation required
- Level III -- Graduation from a medical assistant program
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health
Education Schools (ABHES) strongly preferred. High school or GED
graduation requiredExperience
- Level I -- No experience required
- Level II -- Must have at least 1 year of clinical experience as
a Medical Assistant in a clinical setting
- Level III -- Must have at least 3 years of clinical experience
as a Medical Assistant in a clinical setting -Note: 1 year of
experience will be provided for an Associates degree in Medical
Assisting. -Job Code: 00004261 MEDICAL ASSISTANT, CERTIFIED
Job Level: C1
- Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an
individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression,
gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. - Duke
aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation,
creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the
robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich
diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences
flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all
members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the
contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices
are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to
uphold these values. - Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain
jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may
include essential job functions that require specific physical
and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for
requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each
hiringdepartment. -
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