Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - Pediatrics

About the job

Kaniksu Community Health is hiring a full-time certified medical assistant (CMA) for pediatrics in Sandpoint, working under the director of nursing and medical providers as part of its Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team. The CMA rooms patients, helps providers with exams and procedures, and handles clinical and administrative tasks.

Kaniksu Community Health is a nonprofit community health center in north Idaho that provides integrated, team-based medical, dental and behavioral health care for patients of all ages, whatever their ability to pay. Its satellite clinics are in Bonners Ferry and Priest River.

What you'll do

• Set up exam rooms, instruments and equipment for procedures and treatments, restock rooms and keep supplies in stock
• Room patients, find out the reason for the visit, take their history and document chief complaints
• Take and record vital signs and give screening tests under provider and nurse direction
• Perform routine procedures such as lab work as directed by nursing or providers or as protocols indicate
• Assist providers with patient care and procedures such as pap tests and pelvic exams, surgical procedures and dressings
• Following written provider orders, prepare patients for diagnostic tests, collect and label specimens, run lab tests allowed under the CLIA certificate, give medications and injections, and apply dressings
• Prepare patient record information for referrals and pass significant information to other health care providers
• Help providers give patients the right education materials
• Help coordinate care across other KCH services, including Dental, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy and Patient Assistance, so patients get high-quality, coordinated care

What you need

• Graduation from an accredited medical assistant and/or nursing assistant program, with a current CMA or CNA credential
• Light typing and computer skills
• Accurate, proficient and efficient medical record documentation
• Able to communicate with patients and coworkers tactfully and professionally
• An active driver's license and reliable transportation
• Willing to travel for work when required

Preferred

• 3 to 5 years of experience in primary care, a community health center or public health
• Experience with Nextgen and/or AthenaOne or another electronic medical record

Schedule

• Full-time, 40 hours a week
• Four 10-hour shifts a week
• Occasional travel as needed to satellite clinics in Priest River and Bonners Ferry

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Education assistance and guided career pathways
• A 401(k) with a 4% employer match
• Access to in-house medical, dental and behavioral health services
• Affordable on-site childcare year-round at the KCH Kid's Club