Medical Assistant
The Opportunity:
Saint Luke’s Primary Care in Independence, MO is seeking an experienced Medial Assistant (MA) to be an integral part of our team that delivers high quality patient-centered medical care to our community. This is a great opportunity for an experienced or entry level Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), an experienced or entry level Medical Assistant or even someone interested in becoming a medical assistant and providing patient care. Those candidates that are not certified or that do not have applicable experience will receive 10weeks of on the job training to learn the position. This position is responsible for assisting providers in the evaluation, management, and delivery of professional medical care in a busy multi-specialty physician practice.
The Work:
Provide an excellent patient experience by managing the flow of patients, providing excellent customer service, establishing rapport with patients and maintaining a professional demeanor.
Conduct Pre-visit plans, room patients and obtain vitals
Phlebotomy
Administer injections and coordinate vaccines
Assist providers with procedures
Utilize the EMR system and scan/download documents
Conduct telephone screening (with protocols)
Cover front office responsibilities as needed
In this position you will have the opportunity to make a difference in our patients’ clinic experience so we are looking for someone that has a positive attitude, strong customer service skills and is eager to be a team player.
Why Saint Luke’s?
Our leadership supports nurse engagement and allows their voices to be heard.
We value our nurses’ knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and quality care.
The opportunity to make an impact on their unit, hospital, health system, and the healthcare industry.
Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all of their employees, click here to find out more.
Applicable Experience:
1 yearBasic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red CrossFull TimeDay (United States of America)
The best place to get care. The best place to give care Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.
J oin the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
