Certified Medical Assistant - Alamogordo OP Behavioral Medicine Clinic

Certified Medical Assistant - Alamogordo OP Behavioral Medicine Clinic at Christus Health summary:

The Certified Medical Assistant supports patient care by assisting healthcare providers, managing patient data entry, and verifying insurance details. They communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare staff while demonstrating professionalism and care. Responsibilities also include scheduling appointments, handling phone inquiries, and maintaining accurate patient records within the behavioral medicine clinic setting.

Description

Summary:

The Certified Medical Assistant will perform various services and related activities in support of patient care including accurate data entry for patient registration and insurance verification. The Certified Medical Assistant demonstrates the ability to use good judgment and communicates effectively with all patients; families; licensed personnel; insurance companies and third-party payers. Demonstrates a professional and caring manner.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Assisting the physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in giving superior medical care.
• Accurate Data Entry of charges on patient accounts, registering patients, and updating patient accounts.
• Insurance Verification and recording of Statistics.
• Assist with scheduling patient appointments, answering phones, keeping providers informed of changes, and informing patients of their benefits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• High School Diploma or Equivalent Preferred.

Experience

• 1 year of medical office experience preferred.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification is required.
• BLS required.

Work Schedule:

Varies

Work Type:

Full Time

Keywords:

Certified Medical Assistant, patient care, insurance verification, medical office, data entry, scheduling appointments, behavioral medicine, healthcare support, BLS, CMA certification

Client-provided location(s): Alamogordo, NM

Job ID: 5491098423

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-12T00:00:00