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Location
Augusta University-
Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912
Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904
College/Department Information
At Student Health Services (SHS) our mission is to foster positive patient outcomes by providing professional medical and psychiatric services for Augusta University students. We prioritize patient safety, quality healthcare, professionalism, and compassion as our service standards. We aim to assist each student to achieve and maintain holistic well-being in order to reach their maximum potential within the academic (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) programs at Augusta University.
Job Summary
The Certified Medical Assistant provides supervised health care services to patients and performs a variety of administrative and clinical support duties related to the Student Health clinic operations. This includes but is not limited to: performing various laboratory tests, medication and immunization administration, supporting patients' clinical appointments from access of care to discharge, ability to perform immunization compliance functions, follow blood-borne pathogen exposure protocols for students, documenting patient information clearly and accurately, and providing patient education on a wide variety of healthcare topics all within the scope of practice for a certified medical assistant.
Responsibilities
The duties include, but are not limited to:
PATIENT CARE: Provide patient care including rooming patients, measuring vital signs, taking chief complaints, venipuncture, injections, immunizations, dressing changes, performing CLIA-waived in-house lab testing, setting up and assisting providers during sensitive exams and all office procedures, maintaining rooms by established infection control principles, and providing education and guidance on health topics and immunizations. Schedule appointments as needed, check patients in and out from appointments, answer the telephone and assist callers with needs, communicate with administrative and clinical staff on health-related topics, and work within best practices as established in the healthcare industry.
CLINIC SAFETY: Participate in clinic safety and quality processes, to include cleaning examination rooms, monitoring inventory supplies/equipment/medications to determine when orders need to be placed, checking equipment for use, and documenting within Microsoft Word and Excel inventory, clinic processes, and education/training.
DOCUMENTATION: Documentation of patient care in electronic health record, to include but not limited to lab results from testing, direct and indirect patient care, progress notes, consents, scanning and attaching documents, completion of residency/rotation forms, and patient notification of laboratory results after review by ordering provider.
OTHER: Perform other duties as assigned by clinic leadership, to include outreach events, divisional events and engagement opportunities, staff education and peer review.
Required Qualifications
High School diploma, GED, or equivalent from a recognized state or federal accrediting organization, with a minimum of two years of experience in administrative and clinical support within an outpatient primary setting and a CCMA-Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) Credential, AAMA-American Association of Medical Assistants, MedCa Medical Career Assessment, RMA/NCMA Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Credential, or NCMA-National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) Credential. Must possess a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS/BCLS certification.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working supervised in an outpatient healthcare clinic among a multidisciplinary team of staff and providers, using an electronic health record for documentation and e-prescribing as a provider agent. Experience in recognizing emergent symptoms of patient decomposition/instability and performing Basic Life Support CPR. Experience in administering vaccines, oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications. Experience with immunizations in children and adults.
