Baptist Health Medical Group
Louisville and LaGrange area | Full-Time | First Shift
Sign-on bonus is available for eligible new hires.
Are you passionate about providing compassionate, hands-on patient care? Baptist Health Medical Group is seeking a dedicated Medical Assistant to join our Primary Care team in the Shelbyville Road area.
In this role, you’ll work alongside experienced providers to deliver exceptional care while building meaningful relationships with patients. Whether you’re an experienced Medical Assistant or a recent graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills in a supportive and collaborative environment.
As a Medical Assistant, you will:
Provide direct clinical support to physicians and advanced practice providers.
Obtain vital signs, collect patient history, and reconcile medications.
Prepare patients for examinations and assist with patient flow throughout the clinic.
Document patient information accurately in the EPIC electronic medical record.
Schedule appointments and coordinate follow-up care.
Process prescription refill requests and prior authorizations.
Coordinate diagnostic testing and specialty procedures.
After successful completion of clinical competency, perform clinical procedures such as:
EKGs
Phlebotomy
Laboratory testing
Injections and vaccinations
Maintain a safe, organized, and patient-focused clinical environment.
Required Qualifications
High school diploma or GED.
One year of experience providing direct, hands-on patient care in a medical office, clinic, or similar healthcare setting, including duties such as:
Obtaining vital signs
Documenting patient history and medications
Performing clinical procedures such as EKGs, phlebotomy, or administering injections
OR
Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant training program that includes hands-on clinical experience.
Additional requirements include:
Successful completion of Medical Assistant orientation and clinical competency assessment upon hire.
Basic computer skills (experience with EPIC or another electronic medical record system is a plus).
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.
BAT and DOT certifications within 90 days of hire for Occupational Medicine positions.
Current Medical Assistant certification through AAMA, AMT, NAHP, NCCT, or AAMP
Or graduate of an accredited LPN or RN program with current unrestricted licensure.
At Baptist Health Medical Group, you’ll become part of a team committed to delivering exceptional patient care in a welcoming and supportive environment. We invest in our employees by providing comprehensive training, opportunities for professional growth, and a culture built on teamwork and compassion.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients while advancing your healthcare career, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and join a team that’s dedicated to caring for our community—one patient at a time.
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
