Medical Assistant Sr, Cert

Position Summary

Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health

Job Title: Certified Medical Assistant, Sr.

Schedule Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Department: Interventional Pain Management 

Location: This position will travel to both Land O' Lakes & Zephyrhills. 

Position Summary: Perform patient care under the direction of the physician or Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in an ambulatory setting.

Why is Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health your best place to work?

✅ Education & Career Growth – Tuition reimbursement, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and leadership development programs.

✅ Health & Wellness – Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, free virtual visits, and well-being programs.

✅ Financial & Retirement – Up to 5% employer match on retirement contributions.

✅ Work-Life Balance – Four weeks of paid parental leave, PTO, and flexible leave options.

✅ Family & Pet Support – Fertility benefits, adoption assistance, backup care for children/elders/pets, and pet insurance.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Accountable to the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nursing Operations Manager, or Practice Manager for operational issues. • Embraces and participates in quality initiatives, goal attainment, and clinical outcome process improvement activities • Supports and demonstrates effective and professional communication with patients and family members • Works collaboratively with the administrative and operations staff. • Gathers patient data through interview and observation. • Assists patients and families with preparation for examination. • Assists the physician or APP during examination and procedures. • Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by the practice. • Provides routine treatments and administers approved medication types as ordered by the provider. • Enter medication, laboratory and diagnostic imaging orders into the electronic medical system under direction of a provider. • Documents patient data, treatments, procedures, and patient education according to Orlando Health and department specific policies. • Assists the physician or APP by acting as a liaison on behalf of the patient to schedule, provide patient with scheduling information to obtain specialty testing, and/or specialty physician consultation. • Processes incoming and outgoing calls in an independent and professional manner using sound clinical judgment. • Helps develop and coordinate the orientation process in the assigned practice for Medical Assistants. Acts as preceptor and/or oversees assigned preceptor(s) in collaboration with nursing/clinical leadership and corporate Learning Consultant. • Supports and helps develop quality strategies within the practice. • Helps to facilitate and participate in the skills portion of the Annual Clinical Review for Medical Assistants. • Collaborates with the clinical leadership and education to assess ongoing competence of Medical Assistants. • Leads and participates in departmental committees and special projects. • Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and have the ability to assess data appropriate to the age-specific needs of the patients on his or her assigned department and/or unit. • Demonstrates awareness of medical/legal issues, patient rights and compliance with standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies. • Practices the efficient use of supplies. • Assists business office as needed with reception, scheduling, and discharge of patients.

Qualifications

Education/Training • High school graduate or equivalent. • Successful completion of Medical Assistant training from an approved technical school (or at least one (1) year of verifiable and applicable work experience as a Medical Assistant in a patient care setting in addition to the experience required under the Experience section) is required Licensure/Certification Maintains current BLS Healthcare Provider Certification – andMaintains current certification or registry by one of the following agencies: • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) (www.nhanow.com) • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) (www.aama-ntl.org) • Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) by the American Medical Certification Association (AMCA) (www.amcaexams.com) • National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) (www.ncctinc.com) • Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) or Nationally Registered Certified Advanced Medical Assistant (NRCAMA) by the National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP) (www.nahpusa.com) • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologists (AMT) (www.amt1.com), the American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA) (www.arma-cert.org), or by American Allied Health (AAH) (www.americanalliedhealth.com) • Applicants with an accepted Medical Assistant certification or registration from an agency not listed will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Experience Minimum three (3) years as Certified Medical Assistant.