Medical Assistant III - Southern Hills

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Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
  • Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • $4,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • 40 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
  • Career Ladder Bonus eligible

Job Summary—MA III

A Medical Assistant III for the CoxHealth Southern Hills Clinic performs administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of provider. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments & maintaining medical records. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, and drawing blood.

Job Requirements—MA III

  • Education
    • Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent
    • Graduated from a formal MA training program that included pharmacology class, anatomy/physiology, the basics of medication administration, and completion of a clinical externship.
  • Experience
    • Required: None
    • Preferred: Previous experience in work that involved direct contact with people
    • Preferred: Previous experience in health care setting, particularly in an ambulatory clinic setting
  • Skills
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    • Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
    • Carry out delegated tasks under supervision of a provider.
    • Proficient Computer skills
  • Licensure/Certification/Registration
    • Required: Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS certification or obtained within 90 days of hire
    • Required:Certification or Registration from a CoxHealth approved certification program: CMA/AAMA, RMA/AMT, CCMA/NHA, NRCMA/NAHP, NCMA/NCCT, RMA/AAMP
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Specialties:

  1. Nursing/Clinical Support

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Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.