Medical Assistant Certified / Registered

Advocate is named among the nation’s Top 5 large health systems based on quality by Truven Analytics and is the largest health system in Illinois. Our faith based, not- for-profit health system is based in Downers Grove, Illinois.Advocate has the largest emergency and Level I Trauma network in Illinois. Advocate treats more pediatric patients than any other hospital or system in the state, and more people trust their hearts to Advocate than to any other hospital or system in the state.

* The Medical Assistant Certified/Registered will support the physician(s), and other providers in delivering quality health care to ambulatory patients and perform a variety of nursing related tasks to promote continuity of care. **Accountabilities:** * Risk/Safety Compliance **Funding Our Future:** * Miscellaneous **Clinical Support/Health Outcomes:** * Provides support in the delivery of quality clinical care **Patient Satisfaction and Service:** * Provides efficient, high~quality service to patients who arrive for appointments or who telephone or visit in person to request appointments or information on tests and procedures, bills and charges, referrals, and other matters. **Health Information Management (HIM) and HIPAA Standards:** * A complete and accurate hard copy and/or electronic medical record will be maintained for every individual who is evaluated or treated within the medical group.

* Graduate of a medical assistant program or successful completion of the certification/registration exam. * Good communications skills. * Experience using a keyboard and computers. * Familiarity with equipment used in ambulatory care. * Current Medical Assistant Certification/Registration required. * Non~certified MAs must obtain certification or registration within four months of hire. * Current CPR certification * Ability to travel locally to multiple sites as needed. * Ability to work in stressful conditions and difficult situations. * Resilient and flexible in a changing environment. * May be exposed to hazardous materials and life threatening diseases. * Ability to cooperate and work with others. * Ability to make sound and timely decisions. * Ability to work rotating shifts any day of the week. * Ability to perform lifting/transfer activities related to patients as needed, ability to stoop/bend. * If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.