What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Medical Assistant - MDPCP Remote Patient Monitoring (Remote),CMA, RMA or AAMA Required position at Luminis Health?
Position Objective
Advanced Medical Assistants (AMA) perform a variety of administrative and clinical tasks to help improve care to patients, and support providers. They are an essential part of the advanced primary care team and facilitate meeting the goals of the Maryland Primary Care Program. Their main responsibility is to oversee the Remote patient monitoring program and the support the physician in Telemedicine on Demand program They help the physician determine how best to meet patient needs and engage them in their own care using a variety of tools, processes, and personnel as appropriate. They maintain knowledge of care management, behavioral health, and chronic disease self-management resources available to patients and facilitates patients’ adoption of these services. They play an integral role in promoting access to appropriate care, including overseeing care management and coordination activities for the patients of the primary care practice.
Essential Job Duties
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
Physical Demands –
Light Work
The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.
Pay Range
$20—$26.78 USD
Luminis Health Benefits Overview
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Advanced Medical Assistants (AMA) perform a variety of administrative and clinical tasks to help improve care to patients, and support providers. They are an essential part of the advanced primary care team and facilitate meeting the goals of the Maryland Primary Care Program. Their main responsibility is to oversee the Remote patient monitoring program and the support the physician in Telemedicine on Demand program They help the physician determine how best to meet patient needs and engage them in their own care using a variety of tools, processes, and personnel as appropriate. They maintain knowledge of care management, behavioral health, and chronic disease self-management resources available to patients and facilitates patients’ adoption of these services. They play an integral role in promoting access to appropriate care, including overseeing care management and coordination activities for the patients of the primary care practice.
Essential Job Duties
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Pre-visit planning workflow to ensure care completion prior to visit whenever possible, and After-visit summary review with patients whenever appropriate
- Ensures patient engagement and education. Engagement by involving the patients in activities to improve their health. Education by cultivating the patient about self-management practices they can undertake to gain greater control of their health status.
- Manage many aspects of the patients care: referrals to specialists, hospitalizations, ER visits, ancillary testing, and other enabling services. Responsible for working with patient and patients care team to coordinate change readiness, needs assessment and develop an individualized treatment care plan
- Assist patients in setting SMART goals for self -management, teaching them how to do self-management tasks and report abnormal findings to their physician team. Assess barriers when patient has not met treatments goals, is not following treatment plan of care, or has not kept important appointments;
- Collaborate with physicians, hospitals, ER and other frequently used healthcare resources to clarify roles, develop effective timely communication between the care teams; and in assessing the patients progress toward individual health care goals. Oversees the development, procurement, and adoption of patient self-management educational resources used by the primary clinical teams.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience as an Medical Assistant, demonstrated experience in a leadership role as a Medical Assistant
- CMA, RMA or AAMA (through an approved/accredited organization). Must maintain Certification or credentials while employed
There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
Physical Demands –
Light Work
The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.
Pay Range
$20—$26.78 USD
Luminis Health Benefits Overview
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Assistance Benefits
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Programs and more
- Benefit offerings based on employment status
Luminis Health's two-way SMS texting platform lets you receive notifications and messages from our Talent Acquisition team directly on your phone.
To enable this feature, select "yes" when asked to "opt-in to receive text messages" and to "Receive updates from a recruiter about this job via SMS" when completing your application. Once you are opted in, you can easily opt-out at any time.
Standard text messaging rates may apply based on the candidate's mobile carrier plan. Luminis Health is not responsible for any charges incurred by the recipient. Candidates are encouraged to review their mobile carrier's plan for applicable text messaging rates and usage charges.
Salary : $20 - $27
