Medical Assistant (Credentialed/Certified)

Salary: $2,702.00 Monthly
Location : On Campus
Job Type: Civil Service
Job Number: 202300057
Department: Student Health Services-SIUC
Opening Date: 10/04/2024
Closing Date: 11/1/2024 11:59 PM Central
FLSA:: Non-Exempt
Security/Safety Sensitive:: Security sensitive (subject to pre-employment criminal background investigation)
Description
Note: This is a 10 month flex year position (working 8/1 through 5/31)
Under the direction of licensed healthcare professionals the medical assistant (credentialed/certified) enters orders into the health record systems for purposes of creating records for meeting the standards and objectives for Electronic Health Records (EHR) as consistent with Meaningful Use Core guidelines and/or similar regulations for medication, laboratory and radiology orders and/or consistent with healthcare facility protocols (federal, state and university) as directed by institutional requirements.
Examples of Duties

• maintains medical records in Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, reviews and prepares EHR to ensure completeness prior to patient exam, obtains missing documentation; documents medical visits, observations, and related activities;
• performs direct patient care tasks such as the following:
  • responds to patient telephone inquiries giving factual information according to the nature of the question; secures patient information about illness and health problems
  • greets patient, checks appointment, updates patient information, demographics and insurance cards, and makes sure the patient's medical records are available to the physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers
  • escorts or arranges to have patient escorted to examination or treatment room
  • completes and records patient's blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, height, weight, measures baby's head circumference and other data on appropriate medical chart
  • discusses with the patient the reason for his/her visit and records symptoms on the chart
  • administers basic tests as designated by healthcare provider, such as EKG, spirometry, pulse oximetry, ear wash, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), etc.
  • administers approved injections per appropriate protocol
  • instructs the patient in certain aspects of health care as directed by the physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers
  • relays information to the patient regarding preparation for various types of exams and the location of laboratories, pharmacy, and other treatment area

assists physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers with conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, e.g., drapes patient for exams and treatments, sets up treatment tray to be used in an examination, holds and hands various instruments to the doctor, adjusts lights or treatment tables, procures proper IUD for patient insertion, applies or removes simple bandages or dressings, and removes stitches and/or staples after the site has been inspected by a physician, nurse practitioner, other healthcare providers or a clinic nurse;

performs in-direct patient care tasks such as the following:

• Per institutional direction, writes and/or enters orders into the EHR, following doctors' orders, requisitions of laboratory tests and procedures, such as medicines, laboratory, and radiology
• dispatches messages to other departments and makes appointments for patients requiring services in other departments or healthcare facilities, as requested by the medical staff
• collects and prepares patients' specimens and returns them to the laboratory for analysis; also provides necessary follow-up work, such as checking on test results
• collects and bags soiled linen in the examining room; sets-up procedure rooms
• cleans and sterilizes equipment and supplies and maintains appropriate cleaning logs per appropriate protocol
• receives new supplies from supply source; checks supplies delivered against request for shortages and breakage; records errors or damages detected; places items in proper storage location in supply room; stocks examining rooms, insuring that appropriate medications and supplies are available at all times
• obtains pre-authorizations and referrals

participates or assists with initiatives to promote effective process design, development and implementation of EHR and other technologies; participates in improvement projects and on assigned committees;

performs clerical duties such as the following:

• maintains patient files, medical records, treatment records, and laboratory results; completes patient charts as prescribed by physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers
• maintains records of monetary charges to patients and forwards them to the business office
• compiles periodic statistical reports from records and other data, such as clinic attendance, the number of patients seen by each doctor, and the discharge service analysis
• works with clerical support staff in sending out questionnaires, completing forms and organizing form letters to be sent out
• provides routine request for patient information when the material is immediately available in the record, e.g., extraction of simple phrases and numerical data verbatim from records
• witnesses patient signature for universal consent

Qualifications

1. High school graduation or equivalent
2. Possession of a current/valid medical assistant certification by an approved certifying board as defined by the employing institution (upload Medical Assistant certificate to application)

SIU Carbondale, member of the SIU System, is an anti-racist community that opposes racism, discrimination and inequity in any form, and embraces diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice for all people.
SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.
University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Service (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans (HMOs, OAPs, QCHP and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts, MCAP and DCAP, and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan.
Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.
Other benefits available to eligible employees include: Generous paid time-off, 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans, Employee Assistance Program and a Tuition Waiver Program.
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Describe your work experience performing clerical duties such as writing and/or entering orders into the Electronic Health Record; checking patients' appointments; updating patient information, demographics and insurance cards; maintaining patients' files, medical records, treatment records, and laboratory results; maintaining medical records in EHR systems.
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Describe your work experience performing direct patient care tasks such as, responding to patient inquiries; greeting patients; making sure the patient's medical records are available to the physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers; discussing with the patient the reason for their visit and recording symptoms on the chart; witnessing patient signature for universal consent.
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Describe your work experience performing direct patient care tasks such as, medical testing (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, etc.); administering basic tests as designated by healthcare provider, such as EKG, spirometry, pulse oxymetry, ear wash, CLIA, etc.; administering approved injections per appropriate protocol; assisting physicians, nurse practitioners, or other healthcare providers with conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as setting-up treatment trays, draping patient, adjusting lights or treatment tables, etc.
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Describe your work experience performing indirect patient care tasks such as the following, collecting and preparing patients' specimens and returning them to the laboratory for analysis; providing necessary follow-up work, such as checking on test results.
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Describe your work experience performing in-direct patient care tasks such as the following, cleaning and sterilizing equipment and supplies; maintaining cleaning logs per appropriate protocol; ordering and/or receiving and stocking new supplies from supply source; stocking examining rooms; setting-up procedure rooms.
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