• Job Description

  Req#: 113100
  Overview
  
  

  Join our team as a day shift , full-time , Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) in Northvale, NJ.

  Why Join Us?

  Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

  • Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance , and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
  • People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
  • Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care .

  Get to Know Your Team:

  • Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

  Learn About a Day in the Life of a Medical Assistant:

  
  Responsibilities
  
  

  The Medical Assistant Certified (CMA) provides superior patient care and perform both clinical and administrative tasks.

  • Enters, maintains, and reports all medical history, medical coding, and files claims using Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
  • Greets, prepares, and takes patients to examination room, this includes:
    • Taking patients’ vital signs, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, height, weight, and medical history.
    • Understanding, properly documenting, and conveying reason for visit or medical complaint.
    • Recording and updating all patient information from pulse oximetry, changes in allergies, and pain levels in EMR.
    • Performing venipuncture and electrocardiograms, as ordered by the physician.
    • Collecting, preserving, and properly labeling laboratory specimens, bodily fluid, and blood samples.
    • Providing patients with privacy, comfort, safety and hygiene.
  • Assists the Practice Physician during examinations.
  • Explains medical procedures to patients and provides instruction to patients about medication and special diets under the direction of the physician.
  • Sterilizes and prepares medical instruments. Ensures patient exam rooms are disinfected, orderly, and ready for incoming patients.
  • Assists in maintaining inventory and stocking supplies, instruments and equipment for all exam rooms.
  • Maintains appropriate paperwork for inventory control and reviews orders received for completeness.
  • Addresses and requests referrals and other insurance authorizations in addition to passing along patient information for prescription, x-ray or lab requisitions to necessary parties. This includes calls to pharmacies, hospitals, and labs.
  • Draws and conducts injection of vaccines, medications, and intradermal injections.
  • Monitors refrigerator temperature and logs for all refrigerated vaccines and medications.

  
  Qualifications
  
  

  Job Requirements :

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.

  • Graduate from an accredited medical assistant/medical technologist school/program.

  • Current national certification as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA).

  • Basic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Microsoft Office knowledge.

  Preferred Job Requirements:

  • Associate’s degree.

  • 1+ years’ experience in a hospital or physician practice setting.

• About the company

  BSA Amarillo Diagnostic Clinic

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