Certified Medical Assistant

The Chattanooga Heart Institute offers the most comprehensive cardiac care available in this region.  Founded in 1976, we now have six offices in  Tennessee and one in Georgia.  Our practice is made up of 29 board-certified cardiologists, three cardiothoracic surgeons and three vascular surgeions.  We merged with CHI Memorial Health Care System in 2011 which is part of CommonsSpirit Health.  CommonSpirit has more than 700 care sites across the U.S. and is committed to building healthy communities.

Job Summary:

Responsible for assisting physicians and nurses in providing quality patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Collect appropriate data and perform testing to prepare patient for visit.
• Maintain patient flow through the clinic.
• Pull patient voicemails adn process messages to the nurses as appropriate.
• Complete patient refills as requested by both patient and pharmacy, ensuring appropriate labs are ordered as needed and protocol is followed.
• Assist nurses wtih patient messages as necessary.
• Assist nurses with reviewing physician blue book as necessary.

Education:

• Graduate from an accredited Medical Assistant program.

License and Certification:

• BLS Certification
• AAMA-CMA; AMT-RMA; NCCT-NCMA; or NHA-CCMA

Qualifications:

• Medical office experience preferred.