Certified Medical Assistant- RODEL ADULT MEDICINE-Lake Mary-Orlando Health Physician Associates

Position Summary:

Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

Performs patient care under the direction of the physician or Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in an ambulatory setting.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable to the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nursing Operations Manager, or Practice Manager for operational issues.
• Embraces and participates in quality initiatives, goal attainment, and clinical outcome process improvement activities.
• Supports and demonstrates effective and professional communication with patients and family members.
• Works collaboratively with the administrative and operations staff.
• Gathers patient data through interview and observation.
• Assists patients and families with preparation for examination.
• Assists the physician or APP during examination and procedures.
• Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by the practice.
• Provides routine treatments and administers approved medication types.
• Documents patient data, treatments, procedures, and patient education according to Orlando Health and department-specific

• Assists the physician or APP by acting as a liaison on behalf of the patient to schedule and provides scheduling information for

• Processes incoming and outgoing calls independently and professionally using sound clinical judgment.
• Enters medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging ordersinto the electronic medicalsystem underthe direction of a provider.
• Adheres to and assures compliance with Orlando Health and department-specific policies, procedures, value statements, and

• Consistently demonstrates personal and patient safety practices and adheres to infection control standards outlined in Orlando

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal,state,

• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and assesses data appropriate to the age-specific needs of patients

• Demonstrates awareness of medical/legal issues, patient rights, and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting

• Practices efficient use of supplies.
• Assists the business office as needed with reception,scheduling, and discharge of patients

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Successful completion of Medical Assistant training from an approved technical school (or at least one (1) year of verifiable and

applicable work experience as a Medical Assistant in a patient care setting) required.

• Maintains current BLS Healthcare Provider Certification – and
• Maintains current certification orregistration by one ofthe following agencies:
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) (www.nhanow.com)
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) (www.aama-ntl.org)
• Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) by the American Medical Certification Association (AMCA)

• National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) (www.ncctinc.com)
• Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) or Nationally Registered Certified Advanced Medical Assistant

• Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologists (AMT) (www.amt1.com), the American Registry of

• Applicants with an accepted Medical Assistant certification or registration from an agency not listed will be considered on a

case-by-case basis.