Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - Walltown Community Clinic

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

 

About Duke Primary Care

 

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Primary Care, which offers family, adolescent, and internal medicine services as well as urgent, general pediatric, and virtual care at nearly 50 clinic locations across central North Carolina.

Certified Medical Assistant – Walltown Community Clinic

Medical Assistant Certification is required prior to start date.

 

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

 

Walltown Neighborhood Clinic is a community-based site that partners with Lincoln Community Health Center to deliver compassionate, high-quality care to individuals and families who may face barriers such as limited insurance coverage, financial hardship, or access challenges. This clinics provide comprehensive, affordable services to a diverse patient population, including insured, uninsured, underinsured, low-income, non-English-speaking, and medically underserved individuals, while ensuring coordinated and seamless care across the communities we serve.

 

Hours: Monday – Friday,  8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

Location: 401 North Driver Street, Durham, NC 27703

 

What you will do:

As a Certified Medical Assistant you will perform routine administrative and patient care support duties in a community-based medical practice to assist medical staff with the examination and treatment of patients and to support administrative operations to ensure efficient clinic workflow.

Clinic Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Take medical histories, document vital signs, explain treatment procedures to patients, and prepare patients for examinations and procedures.
• Provide clinical support to Advanced Practice Providers by preparing patient rooms for examinations and procedures and serving as a chaperone as needed.
• Collect and prepare laboratory specimens and perform basic point-of-care laboratory testing on site.
• Administer vaccinations and documents in the North Carolina Immunization Registry (NCIR) in accordance with policy and protocol.
• Perform clinical support tasks including preparing and recording EKGs, assisting with suture removal, performing ear lavage, assisting provider in joint injections, and completing sterile and non-sterile dressing changes.
• Maintain infection control standards through proper disposal of contaminated supplies; reinforce patient and family education related to the plan of care; and accurately document clinical activities in the medical record.
• Support and maintain clinical inbox management to ensure timely review and response to patient communications and provider tasks.  Queue medication refill requests and telephone prescription request in Epic for provider completion.
• Demonstrate the ability and willingness to commute between multiple clinic locations to support clinic operations. 

Administrative Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a point of contact for patients by answering telephones, returning voicemails, and addressing medical questions within scope of practice and clinic protocols.
• Update and maintain accurate patient demographic and clinical information in the medical record.
• Knowledge and familiarization of prior authorizations for medications and durable medical equipment.
• Confidently function as the primary and sole clinical support for an Advanced Practice Provider, exercising sound judgment and the ability to work independently.

 

What you will need:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong customer service skills required; bilingual candidates preferred not required.
• One year of experience preferred not required
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions, typically acquired through a high school education and completion of a medical assistant program.
• Working knowledge of