Job Description

**Location:** Avera Mitchell Clinic **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America) **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $19.50 - $27.50 **Position Highlights** **Student Loan Repayment:** Position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster. **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** Supports a clinic physician by proficiently operating the Electronic Medical Record by efficiently entering orders and documenting patient encounters for the physician; allowing him/her to focus their time on direct patient care rather than the computer. While this is not a direct patient care position, the individual may be called on periodically to perform patient care to assure efficient patient flow and high quality care and services. **What you will do** + Learns and maintains proficient understanding and utilization of the EMR (LSS). + Provides accurate, completed, legible and timely documentation of all patient encounters and procedures in the medical record. + Enters accurate, complete, legible and timely orders based on physician's orders in the medical record. + Works collaboratively as a team member with the physician, nurse(s), and receptionists in a clinic setting to provide exceptional patient care. + Maintains knowledge of preauthorization process and ensure all criteria is met before orders for advanced imaging is placed. + Ensures that the encounters have complete and accurate diagnoses and that documentation supports the appropriate billing/coding levels. + Ensures that all documentation enhances compliance with applicable documentation standards including Meaningful Use. + Assists the Physician with clinical quality measures and chronic disease management documentation and process. + Assists with a patient-centered approach to each encounter that maximizes the patient satisfaction and outcome. **Essential Qualifications** The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Upon Hire or + Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - American Medical Certification Association (AMCA) Upon Hire or + Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Upon Hire or + Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) - American Medical Technologists (AMT) Upon Hire or + National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) - National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) Upon Hire **Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Associate's Graduate of a Medical Assistant program or technical degree + 6 months to 1 year experience and/or training **Expectations and Standards** + Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. + Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship. + Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. + Maintain confidentiality. + Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. + Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable. **Benefits You Need & Then Some** Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future. + PTO available day 1 for eligible hires. + Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan + Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement + Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship _Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to_ _talent@avera.org_ _._ At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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Full time, Part time, Work experience placement, Live out, Shift work, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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