Certified Medical Assistant - Temporary Details

Certified Medical Assistant - Temporary

College of Saint Benedict - St. Joseph - Saint Joseph, MN

Employment Type : Full-Time

The Health Center at the College of Saint Benedict invites applicants for Certified Medical Assistant. This is a temporary, provisional variable schedule position with a maximum of 17 weeks of employment. This staff member will be assigned to work hours on a variable schedule during the spring 2021 semester. This position is designed to provide direct patient care to CSB students.

The CSB Health Center is the located in Lottie Hall and serves as the home of the CSB office of CSB/SJU Counseling and Health Promotion as well as CSB Health Services (Lower Level Lottie Hall). Counseling, Health Promotion and CSB Health Services collaboratively support a healthy campus culture and work toward empowering students of every background to engage in lifelong healthy decision making, personal growth, and academic success within an environment that is secure, welcoming, respectful, and compassionate, guided by the Catholic Benedictine value of holistic wellbeing. The mission of CSB Health Services is to provide quality, cost effective primary and preventative health care to meet CSB students personal and community needs. The CSB Health Center includes: two Administrative Professionals, two Nurse Practitioners, three Registered Nurses, three Certified Medical Assistants, one Registered Dietitian, four Counseling staff members, two Health Promotion professional staff members and their peer health promotion student employees.

The College of Saint Benedict (CSB) is a liberal arts college for women located in the central lakes area of Minnesota. The campus is minutes away from St. Cloud, an increasingly diverse regional center with a population of over 100,000, and 70 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some CSB staff choose to reside locally, while others commute from the Twin Cities. Both St. Cloud and the Twin Cities offer a wide range of fine arts, cultural, dining, recreational, and sporting opportunities.

CSB is a Catholic college in the Benedictine tradition enlivened by values of community, hospitality, stewardship, and justice. The college is dedicated to cultivating an equitable, inclusive community founded on respect for all persons. Students, staff and faculty from many diverse belief systems and backgrounds collectively bring a rich dimension to the academic, cultural, and religious experience at CSB. Learn more in our Statement on Diversity and in our brochure regarding Higher Education in the Catholic and Benedictine Tradition.

With a total enrollment of approximately 1700 students, CSB has a unique coordinate partnership with Saint John's University (SJU), a liberal arts college for men. CSB and SJU are committed to the holistic transformational development of women and men within the context of a unified, coeducational experience. All students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to experience and engage with the two institutions. For further information, see http://www.csbsju.edu/about.

CSB offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program.
Responsibilities: Clinical:

• Rooms patients according to rooming standards.
• Assists providers with exams and minor office procedures.
• Maintains and stocks patient care areas, including exam rooms, lab, and multi-purpose room.
• Performs phlebotomy, EKG’s, and CLIA waived lab tests
• Assists with testing for COVID-19 in temporary testing locations on both campuses.
• Assists with delivery of vaccines during on campus mass vaccine clinics.
• Prepares and administers medications with the provider’s authorization.
• Disposes biohazard waste according to OSHA standards.
• Maintains accurate documentation of care.
• Informs patients of lab results and follow up as requested by providers.
• Participates in screening and preventative health programs as assigned.
• Insures confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines.
• Recognizes and responds to emergencies.
• Complies with quality assurance practices.
• Identifies IT challenges, participates in problem solving, and the implementation of new/current functionality.
• Assists with contact tracing of communicable diseases as directed by COVID-19 Coordinator and N.P./Assistant Director.
• Perform other duties as assigned N.P. / Assistant Director.

Qualifications: Required Qualifications:

Education, Certifications & Professional Experience:

• Verification of the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification or L.P.N. licensure by the Minnesota Board of Nursing
• CPR certification
• Three or more years of current experience in a clinic or ambulatory primary care center.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work with a diverse student population and seek professional development opportunities to grow in cultural competency.
• Information technology competence to utilize Microsoft office software and Electronic Health Record.
• Proficient in phlebotomy and laboratory testing under CLIA waived certification.
• Effective communication and interpersonal relations skills to interact professionally with internal and external clientele.
• Ability to exercise appropriate discretion and confidentiality with patient information.

To Apply: Applications are accepted online by clicking on "Apply" above. Applicants should complete the full application and may attach a cover letter and resume.

If you require an accommodation to participate in the College of Saint Benedict hiring process, please contact us at (320) 363-5500 or employment@csbsju.edu.

It is the policy of CSB to conduct a pre-employment background check. An offer of employment is contingent upon a successful background check.

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