Medical Assistant

Dignity Health • Long Beach, CA • 2d ago

Overview

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 50,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics.

Additionally, St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named as a 2024-2025 High Performing Hospital for Heart Attacks by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation's five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/stmarymedical for more information.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

One Community. One Mission. One California (https://youtu.be/RrPuiSnALJY?si=pvQgPZ6ZWZM60TPV)

Responsibilities

The Medical Assistant works in collaboration with the physicians, Clinic Director and other members of the staff to provide clinical and administrative functions for comprehensive patient care. The Medical Assistant must be acquainted with policies and procedures directly involved in the standard practices of the administration of the clinic and treatment of the patient. The Medical Assistant acts as an assistant to the physician, or advanced practice practitioner and performs such duties as obtaining treatment authorization requests (TARs), refill prescription requests, assists physician and practitioner with minor surgical procedures, PAP smears, dressing changes, etc. The Medical Assistant acts as the patient advocate and performs those duties necessary to treat the patient's physical, emotional and spiritual needs. All activities carried out by the Medical Assistant reflects those values espoused in the Dignity Health, SMMC mission statement and vision.

Qualifications

At least two years of outpatient ambulatory clinic care experience in the field of Internal Medicine.

High School Graduate

Medical Assistant Certificate, BASIC LIFE SUPPORT-AHA (CT CPR BLS) required.

Bilingual skills (English & Spanish) required.

Knowledge of common CPT and ICD coding for outpatient Internal Medicine care.

Knowledge of outpatient clinicaladministrative procedures including familiarity with common billing protocols.

Experience with obtaining treatment authorization requests, verification of insurance status, and refilling prescription requests.

Able to assist physician with minor procedures such as PAP smears, EKG's, and dressing changes, and to perform routine invasive procedures, such as venipuncture and catheterization, in accordance with established clinical protocol.

Ability to maintain calendars and schedule appointments. This includes familiarity with computerized scheduling systems.

Knowledge of inventory management practices

Pay Range

$26.04 - $32.68 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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