Certified Medical Assistant - CMA Dermatology

Certified Medical Assistant - CMA Dermatology

Overview The Certified Medical Assistant / Registered Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and patient care support duties in a medical practice to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly.

Company:
Carle Health

Location:

Champaign, IL

Employment Type:

Full Time
Date Posted: 10/27/2025
Job Categories:
Administrative and Support Services, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical, Customer Service and Call Center, Healthcare, Practitioner and Technician, Information Technology, Internet/E-Commerce, Law Enforcement, Security, Broadcasting/Communications, Quality Control, Research & Development, Medical, Web Technology

Educational Requirements:

High School Diploma/Equivalent

Certification & Licensure Requirements:
Basic Life Support (BLS) and Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA). CMA or RMA certification from National Health Career Association (NHA), National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT), American Allied Health (AAH) or The American Registry of Medical Assistants (ARMA). Successful completion of a Registered/Certified Medical Assistant (RMA/CMA) program or Carle/Parkland Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Academy.

Experience Requirements:
None Specified

Skills & Knowledge:
Capacity to learn and retain information, strong customer service skills, compassion and caring, ability to operate office equipment, proficiency in basic computer skills.

• Rooming patients:
  Collecting pertinent information regarding the patient's chief complaint, family history, social history, surgical history, and medication reconciliation upon arrival for a patient visit.
• Telephone Interactions:
  Completing necessary telephone communications with patients, families, pharmacies, and other health care facilities and gathering information and maintaining patient information via telephone per department specific processes and policies.
• Administrative tasks including, but not limited to, patient check in or check out, prior authorizations, scheduling appointments, verification of benefits, and coordination of referrals and testing.
• Office procedures as directed and per department specific competencies.
• May perform procedures such as urine catheterizations, bladder scanning, suture or staple removal, application or removal of casts, reading results of negative TB skin tests or steering patient to the care of a department nurse when TB screening appears to have indications of a positive read, and other diagnostic testing at the point of care.
• Provide patient with written instructions regarding procedures, medications, or follow up instructions at the direction of the provider.
• CMA staff may retrieve and provide condition specific education from the internet, internal website, or printed materials per the provider directions and orders.
• Administer medications per the provider order.
• Provide assistance with prescription medication refills per department protocols.
• Call medications into pharmacies, notify patients of refills, and documents actions within the EMR per provider orders.
• Maintain department specific competencies related to point of care testing, equipment handling, and specialty training.
• Performs all essential functions of MA.
• Responsible for billing procedure.
• Obtaining prior authorization for specialty medications.
• Refilling medications per department protocol.
• Contacting patients with normal results.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.