Baptist Memorial Health Care

Assistant-Certified Medical BCC

Baptist Memorial Health Care  •  Bartlett, TN (Onsite)  •  60 minutes ago
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Job Description

Provides personal care assistance under the direction of licensed personnel and/or administrator.

Job Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Assesses the patient through the collection of data relevant to the patient's condition and communicates assessment information effectively with patients, families, staff, and physicians.
Identifies VS and lab alert values, and communicates values outside parameters with the patient's nurse/provider promptly and effectively.
Gathers reports from staff, labs, imaging, pathology and others, and makes available to the physicians as requested.
Provides assistance in keeping efficient patient workflow.
Provides assistance to physicians with procedures as well as specimen collection while maintaining quality control standards.
Sets up rooms for procedures and exams, draws and labels peripheral blood specimens according to hospital policy, and under the supervision of physicians enters the results in the electronic medical record.
Provides for patient safety through standard precautions and quality control methods.
Assists with coverage of the front desk by answering phones, accurately and thoroughly documenting in the EMR, then routing to the appropriate personnel.
Schedules appointments, registers patients, schedules outpatient procedures/testing.
Other duties as assigned.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired
Approved nursing or medical assistant course.
Minimum of one year experience.

Education

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired
High School Diploma. Graduate of approved medical assistant program or equivalent.

Training

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired
Approved nursing or medical assistant course

Special Skills

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired
Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Computer literacy. Maintain Certification.
Phlebotomy experience

Licensure

Minimum RequiredPreferred/Desired
BLS certification within 14 days of hire date; CMA certification required.
Certified by the National Certification Board (National Center for Competency Testing) or obtain within 6 months of hire date.
Baptist Memorial Health Care

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Year Founded
1912
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