Job description

Position: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) PT approximately 20-29 hours per week

Location: Consensus Health/Med-Care of East Rutherford and Fairfield

Reports to: Supervisor

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assist professional nursing staff by providing direct patient care. Prepares charts, takes temperature, pulse, performs screenings, blood pressure and respiration and other duties as assigned.
• Assist physicians by maintaining practice workflow, organizing exam rooms, maintaining, and ordering supplies, screening patient requests and other duties as assigned such as blood draws, POC testing as directed by Provider.
• Follows instructions closely and reports observations and symptoms indicative of the patient’s reactions to treatments and patient complaints.
• Responsible for workflow in practice to ensure timely appointments and decreased wait-times to see Provider.
• Assist in scheduling accurate initial evaluations, follow up appointments and cancellations.
• Initiates all appointment reminder calls in a professional and courteous manner, projecting appropriate language and tone of voice.
• Demonstrates effective oral, listening, and written communication skills that facilitate positive customer relationships and staff interaction in the delivery of care.
• Prioritizes duties and responsibilities and completes them accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Maintains confidentiality and demonstrates responsible judgment by updating knowledge, referring problems through appropriate channels, and observing the policies and procedures.
• Obtain and enter patient history, chief complaint, and update the medication list into the electronic medical record.
• Maintains compliance with legal requirements, HIPAA, OSHA, and company policies.
• Assisting with other office duties including answering phones, faxing, filing, etc.
• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, verifying receipt, sorting, and storing.
• Restocking exam/procedure rooms.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations
• Help answer phones, filing, greeting patients and any other administrative task. Maintains infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies.
• Perform other duties/tasks as requested by providers, coordinators, and management in accordance with office procedures/policies
• Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience

• At least 2 years of similar job experience in a medical office preferred
• Familiar with EKG, Phlebotomy and Patient Care
• Certified Medical Assistant
• BLS Certified
• CPR certified
• Experience on EHR and EMR systems, Athena preferred
• Knowledge of pre-authorizations and referrals

Knowledge and Skills/Expected Competencies

• Ability to clearly communicate medical information to professional practitioners and/or the general public.
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Good interpersonal skills, sense of urgency, being proactive and ownership for one’s work.
• Dependable, with strong work ethic and extremely high degree personal integrity.
• Ability to deal with multiple interruptions on a continual basis that must be met with a friendly exchange with others.
• Helpful and constructive view of working with others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for your own actions

Equal Employment

Our culture encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and leads New Jersey in provider and patient satisfaction. Consensus Health values diversity, inclusion, and equity as matters of fairness and effectiveness. We are committed to hiring and retaining a staff that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, fostering an inclusive working environment where staff of all backgrounds feel welcomed and engaged.

Consensus Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from individuals underrepresented in the medical sector, including people of color, and persons with non-traditional work and educational experience. All who believe they meet the stated qualifications are invited to apply.

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Work setting:

• In-person

Application Question(s):

• What is your desired rate of pay?

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• Certified Medical Assistant (Required)

Work Location: In person

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