What are the responsibilities and job description for the Path MA position at St. Elizabeth Healthcare?
Engage with us for your next career opportunity. Right Here.
Job Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
40
Why Youll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare
At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Were guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.
Benefits That Support You
We invest in you personally and professionally.
Enjoy:
- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
- Retirement savings with employer match
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility
Job Summary:
The Medical Assistant provides clinical support to the physician and mid-level providers. The Medical Assistant provides instructions to patients as directed by the providers. The Medical Assistant is also responsible for compliance with all OSHA/CLIA and HIPAA Regulations and ensures completion of all duties vital to business operations. The Medical Assistant is a highly visible position that is always responsible for creating a positive impression with patients, family members, and other visitors to the office.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Program Requirements & Conditions:
Enrollment: Candidates must be actively enrolled and maintain good standing in the medical assistant program at Brighton Center for Employment Training.
Work Schedule: Associates in the PATH-MA program are required to work in a Medical Assistant role as determined by the clinic.
Work Hours: Participants will work 24 hours per week in their MA role.
Compensation & Benefits (PATH-MA Program Participants Only):
Work Hour Compensation: While working 24 hours per week in the clinical setting, participants will be compensated for 40 hours per week.
School Time Compensation: In addition to work hour compensation, participants will receive pay for 16 hours per week designated as school time, supporting their academic commitments at Brighton Center for Employment Training.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Job Description:
- Prepares patient for exam and acquires vital signs, weight, general history, and current medication list when required.
- Provides patient care and clinical support to provider during exam, including acupuncture needle removal, application of stimulator, needle count, venipuncture, injections, and EKGs.
- Documents all clinical findings and patient response to interventions, i.e., history, medications, vital signs, weight, and testing results.
- Collects and provides to the provider the completed Laboratory/test findings Intake Form, and physician referral information, Diagnostic Imaging, or Cardiopulmonary test results as they are available.
- Provides instruction to patients under the direction of the provider.
- Maintains adequate level of supplies in exam rooms and work station. Cleans and disinfects exam rooms. Reports malfunction of equipment to department supervisor.
- Provides assistance to Clerical Coordinator/Registrar as needed. Assists with completion of referral process, outpatient testing, pre-certification and scheduling.
- Timely and accurate collection/distribution of all patient information.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education, Credentials, Licenses:
HS Diploma GED
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.