Certified Medical Assistant - Cancer Services - Casual - Days

Why Work For Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary

Location : Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Address : 933 E Pierce St. - Council Bluffs, IA Performs duties, and procedures of a certified medical assistant. PRN / Casual coverage : 7 : 00 AM-3 PM, Monday-Friday

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Promotes positive relations when interacting with patients, visitors, families, physicians, customers, and co-workers.

• Greets, smiles, and makes eye contact.
• Introduces self by name.
• Volunteers to help co-workers, and other employees.
• Addresses patients, and others by surname.
• Responds quickly to patients, and / or other peoples' needs.
• Knows, and demonstrated 6 step customer complaint management process.
• Identifies problems, and / or customer concerns, and reports them promptly to clinic manager.
• Follows the standards of timeliness, and office policies.
• Practices excellent customer service skills.

Recall system, and filing system.

Collects initial data to prepare patients to see the physician.

Communicates with physicians, and other staff regarding changes.

Receives incoming phone calls to the Clinic.

Practices excellent customer service skills.

Maintains confidentiality regarding patients, and their injuries / illnesses, and obtains appropriate releases.

Charts appropriately, concisely, and as needed in the patient record, includes communication with employer.

Assists physicians with patient visits.

Transports patients, and assists with their needs in the department.

Performs patient care skills - weight, blood pressure, pulse, oxygen, temperature.

Maintains a list of all pending appointments for Radiation Oncology patients.

Ensure all appropriate materials are sent to the pre-authorization team.

Makes appropriate referrals to American Cancer Society (ACS), and Wings of Hope Cancer Support Center.

Registers every new patient for an EMMI educational program, and follows up with patient to ensure completion.

Identifies problems, and / or customer concerns, and reports them promptly to clinic manager.

Schedule

PTO / Causal coverage 7 : 00 AM-3 PM Monday-Friday

Job Description

Job Requirements

Education

Experience

License / Certifications

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

Physical Activity

Climbing

Balancing