Certified Medical Assistant - Galena Office **Medical Associates** 1 Positions ID: oobuufwh Posted On 09/18/2024 **Job Overview** **Description** Medical Associates Clinic is looking for a part-time **Certified Medical Assistant** to join their fast-paced **Galena Family Care Network** team. Our skilled providers and support staff work together to provide comprehensive family medicine, educate patients, and offer convenient consultation and referral to specialists. **Who You Are:** + Flexible, team player who can work well in a fast-paced environment + Adaptable and open to change with a positive attitude + Detail-Oriented while maintaining efficiency + Ready to Learn! **Schedule:** 74 hours per pay period, 56 hours in Galena and 18 hours per pay period assisting the Float Pool in Dubuque **Location:** Galena, IL. **What You'll Be Doing:** + Support the providers within the department + Collect pertinent patient health care data, diagnostic testing, treatments, and review medical records and confer with physician/mid-level providers to ensure patient needs are met. May include general office duties such as obtaining and updating patient demographic and insurance information, accepting payment and co pays, scheduling and coordinating multiple appointment and creating lab orders. + Collaborate with health care team according to plan of care. + Communicate effectively with patients, co-workers, and others. Promote patient wellness and provide patient education. + Document care provided, including but not limited to: interventions, medication, patient education, and assist with integrity of medical record. + Facilitate reimbursement of services provided, including but not limited to: charges, referrals, and insurance requirements. + Maintain an office environment that is safe, neat, organized, and supplied with necessary equipment, instruments, supplies, and educational materials. Ensure equipment is functioning safely and properly. Perform cleaning and maintenance of equipment according to guidelines. + Demonstrate flexibility in performing other additional duties of patient care. Provide input for devising systems to improve quality and efficiency of patient care and workflow. Participate in required meetings. + Complete all other assigned projects and duties. **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:** _Experience_ - From three months to one year of similar or related experience. _Education_ - Equivalent to a two year college degree or completion of a specialized course of study or certification at a business or trade school. Valid medical assistant certification _Interpersonal Skills_ - A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or is usually of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary. _Other Skills_ - Keyboarding skills and use of electronic equipment. Use and operate a wide variety of diagnostic and medical equipment. Use personal protection safety equipment including gloves, lab coats, gowns, goggles, and face masks/shields. BLS required biannually. **Physical Aspects:** Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts. Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 pounds force constantly to move objects. Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm) . Primary Contact 9878 Careers at Medical Associates , 563-584-4225 Phone Phone Phone Fax careers@mahealthcare.com Email True False True **Job Details** Categories Health Care Location Galena, IL Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Company ID 1148 Job REQ # oobuufwh \# Positions 1 Start Date 20240918 End Date 20240926 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Psychologist (Ph.D or Psy.D.) - General, Pediatric Medical Associates Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMHC, LISW, LMFT Medical Associates School-Based Therapist Hillcrest Family Services Patient Care Technician-5 Medical/Surgical UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Interventional Cardiology - Physician - Dubuque, I UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Surgical Technician Certified or Non-Certified-Sur UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Emergency Medicine - Physician - Dubuque, IA UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Occupational Medicine Physician - John Deere - Dub UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Urology Physician - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Occupational Health Physician Medical Director - D UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital **Share this Job** Medical Associates **About the Company** **_Our mission is to provide superior healthcare and an excellent patient experience._** Medical Associates Clinic is a well-established multispecialty group practice with over 170 providers and a staff of over 1,000 health care professionals and support personnel. The group was founded in 1924 and is Iowa’s oldest multispecialty group practice. Today, Medical Associates Clinic is the area’s leading health care provider and only multispecialty group practice. Medical Associates Clinic has been recognized since 1998 as a “better performing practice” by the Medical Group Management Association. In 1982, Medical Associates developed the Tri-State’s first health maintenance organization, Medical Associates Health Plans, which offers comprehensive health benefits to over 400 employers and 45,000 members. Medical Associates Health Plans has maintained an “Excellent” rating, the highest level of accreditation possible by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, for 13 consecutive years. Medical Associates Clinic offers several locations from which to seek medical care, including facilities at 1500 Associates Drive, 1000 Langworthy, and 4155 Pennsylvania Ave in Dubuque, Iowa; as well as facilities in Bellevue, Cascade, Dyersville, Iowa; Cuba City, and Platteville, Wisconsin; and Elizabeth and Galena, Illinois.