Certified Medical Assistant
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
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- Pay
- $18 to $19
- an hour
- Location
- Lakewood, CO
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 5
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
Non-profit organization management · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Provide administrative and medical assistance to the behavioral health team
- Document follow-up notes and written correspondence
- Document phone conversations with families, providers, pharmacies, and mental health centers
- Take vitals of people visiting the office
- Train family members on how to take vitals
- Follow up on orders and recommendations to ensure they are completed in a timely manner
What you need
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Diploma/certificate from an accredited Medical Assistant's program
- Experience with electronic health records
- Proficiency in Microsoft word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Positive, professional, and empathetic demeanor
- Superior critical thinking skills and sound judgment
- 1-3 years of post certification experience working as a Certified Medical Assistant, Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant (preferred)
- Education: a high school diploma or a professional certificate
Key skills
electronic health recordsMicrosoft wordExcelcommunication skillscritical thinking skillssound judgmentempathetic demeanor
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Perks
- full medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k) plan
- paid vacation time
- paid holidays
- paid sick time
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Medical Assistant
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center (DDRC) of Lakewood, CO is seeking to hire a full-time MA (Medical Assistant) Are you an enthusiastic MA looking for a way to continue in the career you love while maintaining a GREAT work/life balance? Do you thrive as part of a dedicated and motivated team? Do you enjoy working with individuals with developmental disabilities? If so, please read on!
This position offers a competitive salary range at $18-$19.80/hour. In addition, we offer our full-time employees excellent benefits including full medical with a $500 deductible and 100% coverage after that, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan with a 3% match, paid vacation time, paid holidays, and paid sick time. If this sounds like the opportunity you've been waiting for, apply today!
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN MA (MEDICAL ASSISTANT)
As an MA you provide administrative and medical assistance to the behavioral health team to ensure the health and physical welfare of the people we support. From an administrative perspective you provide necessary documentation of essential information such as follow-up notes, written correspondence, documentation of phone conversations with families/providers, pharmacies, mental health centers, etc. In addition, you create records for each person and make sure those records are up to date and organized.
From a medical perspective you take vitals of people visiting the office and train family members on how to take vitals. In addition you follow up on orders and recommendations to ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
Overall, you enjoy working in a unique environment and supporting a team of professionals.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN MA
High School diploma or equivalent.
Must have a diploma/certificate from an accredited Medical Assistant's program
1-3 years of post certification experience working as a Certified Medical Assistant, Clinical Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant is strongly preferred.
Must have experience with electronic health records.
Proficiency in Microsoft word and Excel.
Experience working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities is a plus.
Do you have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written? Do you have a positive, professional, and empathetic demeanor? Do you have superior critical thinking skills and show sound judgment? If so, we want you to join our team!
WORK SCHEDULE
This is a full-time Monday-Thursday, 9-hour-shift, 36-hours per week position.
ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?
We understand your time is valuable and that is why we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this MA (Medical Assistant) position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!