Senior Medical Assistant, Supportive & Palliative Care at Elkton

ChristianaCare's Supportive & Palliative Care at Elkton looking for a Medical Assistant II.

Supportive & Palliative Care at Elkton is located at 111 West High Street, Suite 203 in Elkton, MD.

Supportive & Palliative Care at Elkton focuses on providing comfort to patients with advanced chronic and serious illnesses, along with their families. The interdisciplinary team aims to alleviate fears, reduce pain, and enhance quality of life through effective communication, consistent care, and coordination. It emphasizes starting care at the time of diagnosis and adopts a holistic approach to manage symptoms. Palliative care can complement curative treatments and is designed to align with the patient's personal care goals.

Palliative Care | ChristianaCare Cecil County

Work Schedule:

• Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Medical Assistant II will greet and support patients both virtually and on-site within the practice, preparing them for on-site visits, performing point of care testing, injections, medication administration, and EKGs, assisting clinicians with examinations and procedures, preparing exam/treatment rooms with necessary supplies and equipment, completing patient-specific paperwork, handling patient call backs, scheduling stat tests, procedures, and surgeries, performing quality control on POCT equipment, providing documentation assistance for providers, troubleshooting patient issues with video visits, and supporting patients in joining ChristianaCare's Patient Portal. The Medical Assistant II also performs other related duties as required, adhering to departmental safety rules and practices, and reporting any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations to the supervisor.

Compensation / Benefits:

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.

• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.

• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out.

• 12 weeks paid parental leave.

• Tuition assistance

• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets, insurance and much more!

Education Requirements:

• High School Graduate or GED required.

• A graduate of a recognized Medical Assistant Program and hold current Medical Assistant Certification by a national organization accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or obtain within three months of hire.

• Two years' experience as a Medical Assistant, is required, three years' is preferred.

Strengths and Qualities:

• Attention to detail.

• Dependability

• Excellent communication skills

• Integrity

• Technical skills

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