CMA / Certified Medical Assistant - Part Time

Overview

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed, and highly talented staff. The Woods organization is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.

Salary: starting at $20 / hour - depending on experience / education

Job Summary

The Certified Medical Assistant provides direct patient care and assists medical providers in basic examinations and medical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provides top‑night customer service to everyone.
• Complies with all legal requirements of the medical center.
• Updates and maintains all EMR and transitioning of hard copy to electronic records.
• Cleans, stocks, prepares all exam areas prior to patient appointments and after each patient is seen.
• Maintains stock levels for all medical supplies and submits requests to manager.
• Manages and tracks vaccines according to regulatory requirements.
• Verifies patients’ identity when taking patients to exam room.
• Verifies reason for visit.
• Assists the patient with ambulating, transferring to an exam table, and changing into an exam gown if necessary.
• Records and reports any changes in medical history prior to practitioner seeing the patient.
• Reviews/updates medication.
• Checks and records patient vital signs, weight and height into EMR.
• Checks vision.
• Performs EKG as necessary.
• Performs phlebotomy as needed.
• Performs any adjunct care for the patient, such as wound care, dressings as ordered by the practitioner.
• Reports any abnormal findings to the practitioner.
• Coordinate any necessary appointments with the front desk staff.
• Assists the nurses and other staff as needed.
• Assists the front desk with administrative duties.
• Notify the front desk of any appointments necessary.
• Advises front desk of any changes to the schedules.
• Performs administrative tasks, including photocopying, faxing and any filing.
• Attends inter-office meetings as necessary.
• Keep all credentials, certifications, and job requirements up to date.
• Comply with all mandatory trainings.
• Maintains positive working relationships at all times and with all employees.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as directed by the manager.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required; Associate degree preferred.
• Active CMA certification from an accredited state program required.
• Three plus years of medical office experience required.
• Medical terminology, EMR experience preferred. Quest Care 360 a plus, Carelogic and Insync.

Knowledge and Skills

• Working knowledge of Electronic Medical Records.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work collaboratively with all colleagues.

Other

• Display outstanding organizational, communication, and interpersonal and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to offer guidance and communicate in an appropriate manner.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and adheres to all HIPAA requirements.
• The ability to troubleshoot and problem solve independent of the practice manager.
• Must be able to collaborate and problem solve on own.
• Must be able to troubleshoot customer service issues in a professional and friendly manner.

Additional Skills

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds, bend, squat and reach on a consistent basis.

About Woods Services

Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non‑profit population health network and advocacy organization that along with its six affiliate organizations provides life‑long innovative, comprehensive, and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health, and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs.

Our Langhorne campus is home to 550 residents and provides outpatient and day programs.