Medical Assistant, Primary Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
About the Role
Supports the licensed healthcare team in performing office examinations and procedures by organizing and managing clinic patient flow, gathering and documenting patient screening data, assisting with patient and family education, and communicating with the patient's healthcare team.
Key Responsibilities
- Directs and supports patient flow and unit operations by maintaining supplies, equipment, and unit environmental standards.
- Facilitates identification of resources to meet patient healthcare needs.
- Performs/assists with procedures according to organizational/departmental standards.
- Collects and documents patient screening data for the healthcare team.
- Assists with patient and family education.
- Additional duties may be assigned.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- MA certification from organizations recognized by Vanderbilt Health:
- AMT (American Medical Technologists)
- AAMA (American Association of Medical Assistants)
- NCCT (National Center for Competency Testing)
- NHA (National Health Career Association)
- NAHP (National Association for Health Professionals)
- Candidates can sit for the exam if they have 12 months of patient care experience.
- Consideration may be given to candidates who can obtain certification within 120 days, in accordance with state guidelines.
Qualifications
- Education: Graduate of an approved discipline-specific program.
- Experience: Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.
- Planning & Organizing: Fundamental Awareness of the ability to anticipate resource needs, identify tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work. Appropriately matches equipment and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports.
- Clinical Competencies: Novice proficiency in assisting and performing clinical care, including vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection, medication administration, and point-of-care testing as directed by unit standards.
- Environment of Care: Novice proficiency with the setup and maintenance of patient exam rooms, supplies, and equipment.
- Clinical Patient Documentation: Fundamental Awareness of working with clinical applications for patient documentation.