Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care.

The Boise Advanced Heart Failure clinic is now hiring a motivated and efficient Medical Assistant for our award winning and growing Heart Institute family!

Position Summary & Highlights:

• This position will primarily support the Advanced Heart Failure clinic and will occasionally cover other sub-specialties.

• Saint Alphonsus offers the highest level of integrated, multidisciplinary care for patients, including expertise in the evaluation and treatment of patients who need heart transplant or ventricular assist device therapy.

• Doctors at Saint Alphonsus are experienced and compassionate in caring for patients with end-stage heart failure and advanced heart failure. 

What You Will Do:

• You will help support Idaho's only fellowship trained Heart Failure provider, Dr. Sophia Airhart, in addition to other surgeons, cardiologists, APP providers, PAs, and NPs.

• This position will perform rooming, vitals including manual blood pressure, chart prep, collecting patient medical history information, medication review, and EKGs.

• You will complete prior authorizations and patient calls, and tasks in the in-basket.

• An ideal candidate for this position is a team player who is self-motivated and likes to be challenged, is driven, and has strong critical thinking skills. You enjoy developing relationships with physicians and patients.

• Experience with cardiac medications, obtaining manual blood pressures, EKG placement, and rhythm knowledge is a plus.

Work Schedule:

40 hours per week, 4 - 10 hour days, or 5 - 8 hour days, during the week, Monday - Friday.

Location:

6140 N. Curtisian Ave. Ste. 300, Boise, ID 83704 (On the Boise Regional Medical Center campus - I-184 and Curtis Road)

Learn More About The Heart Failure Program:

https://www.saintalphonsus.org/specialty/heart-and-vascular/heart-failure-program/

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• *MA certification required within 90 days of hire from one of the following Saint Alphonsus approved agencies:

  • American Association of Medical Assistants (CMA)

  • American Medical Technologists (RMA)

  • National Healthcare Association (CCMA)

  • National Center for Competency Testing (NCMA)

  • National Association of Health Professionals (NAHP)

• New Graduates: Completion of either 6 months MA experience or completion of 100-hour MA externship is required even with MA certification.

• Medical Assistant with Experience: 1 Year of MA experience OR Current MA Certification OR obtain or renew certification within 90 days from hire from approved credentialing agencies listed above.

• Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers certification from either AHA, ARC or the Military Training Network is required at hire.

• *Obtaining the MA certification typically requires completing an MA Program or working as a Medical Assistant for at least 1 year. See each of the credentialing organization sites for additional details. EMT and CNA certifications will not count towards an MA certification.

Highlights and Benefits

When Saint Alphonsus takes care of you, you can take better care of our patients. We foster personal and professional growth and offer opportunities that empower our colleagues to develop their careers. Our belief in work-life balance compliments the natural beauty, dive