Medical Assistant Apprentice

CommonSpirit Health • Durango, CO • 3d ago

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Medical Assistant Apprentice, you will provide essential clerical/office and progressive competency-based clinical support within a physician clinic, preparing you for a successful career as a Medical Assistant.

Every day you will handle reception, telephone duties, and medical information retrieval. You will also progress in clinical support, performing patient greeting, rooming, vital signs, EKG, and EMR documentation. Throughout, you will facilitate communication and collaborate with the healthcare team and patients/families to identify and meet their comprehensive needs.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate personal accountability for relationship-based care, our organizational mission, and core values. Your eagerness to learn, attention to detail, and collaborative spirit will be crucial for mastering clinical and administrative skills.

Progresses as a competency-based medical assistant apprentice under the direct supervision of a facility-based clinical mentor and professional development and education team.

Assists with front office duties, including answering phones, scheduling appointments, and greeting patients and family, while ensuring accurate documentation of new/return visits to centers/clinics.

Verfies accuracy and updates all demographic data in the electronic health record, identifies communication and financial barriers, and contributes to the patient plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team if barriers are identified.

Promotes, advocates, and collaborates to protect each patient's health, safety, and rights.

Completes Competency-based skills Phase I, including Patient Rooming, Vital Signs, and EMR documentation of skills performed, under the direct supervision of a facility-based clinical mentor and professional development and education team.

Accurately gathers and processes all necessary information and data, completing all medical record, referral, billing, and medical treatment requirements.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

Required

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association is required within 90 days of employment

Preferred

Enrolled in PG based Medical Assistant training/apprenticeship program

Where You'll Work

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.

Pay Range

$18.00 - $18.56 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.

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