Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm Work Location: House Calls Practice, Birmingham, AL Area
Benefits include: 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligible employer, plus more. In addition to our many benefits and perks, UAB Medicine provides a variety of resources to support employees both personally and professionally.
UAB House Calls is Alabama's premier Home-Based Primary Care program and the only one led by an academic medical center. We deliver comprehensive, in-home care to homebound, medically complex patients across Jefferson County and beyond. Our interdisciplinary team brings high-quality, compassionate care directly to patients' homes. UAB House Calls is proud to serve as a vital lifeline for some of our community's most vulnerable members.
Joining our team of certified medical assistants (CMAs) helps position you as a clinical leader on our interdisciplinary outpatient care teams, where CMAs are empowered to move medicine forward, build a lasting career, and develop leadership skills. CMAs are key partners to our world-class physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses, providing essential support to clinical, nursing, and administrative functions in ensuring a quality patient experience. Responsibilities include organizing and maintaining patient records and a wide variety of clinical nursing support tasks, such as prepping patients for exams, performing basic lab tests, and obtaining medical histories. The ideal candidate enjoys a fast-paced environment and adapts well to emergency situations, communicates and interacts easily with people of all backgrounds, possesses keen interpersonal skills, and displays compassion for others. CMAs are encouraged to advance their careers and realize their personal potential through infinite career paths, including our CMA Career Ladder Program, which offers staff the opportunity to advance as a CMA level II or advanced CMA.
Under the Director of Ambulatory Services supervision and according to established policies and procedures, the Medical Assistant is responsible for providing patient care for House Calls patients and driving providers to and from House Call visits to maximize visit efficiency. Helps assist physicians with patient care procedures. Works to provide direct and indirect patient care often in the patients' place of residence for a variety of patient ages and patient populations. May do venipuncture, take vital signs, review medications, and administer vaccinations. May help organize and maintain electronic medical record while also ordering Durable Medical Equipment, assist with consent form preparation and signing, Primary Care Provider change forms, and answering the House Calls phone line. Local Travel to patients' homes within a 30 to 40 mile radius. Use of personal vehicle required.