Medical Assistant in Columbus, Indiana at Columbus Regional Health

What you need to know about this position:

• As a member of Columbus Regional Health, VIMCare Clinic is a primary care clinic that serves as the community’s solution to a critical lack of access to primary healthcare for low-income or uninsured residents of Bartholomew County.
• The role our Medical Assistants play may vary but include responsibility for routine back office functions, bringing patients back to exam room, taking and recording basic medical history, and assisting the physicians and/or nurse as needed.
• The hourly range for this position is between $17.61 and $26.41. Individual compensation is determined for this position through years of directly relevant experience. The hourly compensation is only a portion of the total rewards package and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.
• This full-time position will require you to work 40 hours a week, 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and 9:00am to 5:00pm Thursday and Friday.

What is required for this position:

• Upon hire, you must have:
  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program required; or completion of a credentialing test
  • Certification or Registration as a medical assistant required through a recognized certification organization such as the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA); American Medical Technologists (AMT); Medical Assistant Certification from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); National Healthcare Association (NHA) or the Accreditation Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
• Upon 30 days of hire, you must have:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 30 days of hire

• This position is regularly required to stand, frequently required to walk and push or pull, occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl, talk or hear, and smell and must frequently lift and/or move greater than 5lbs.