Certified Medical Assistant Jobs in Illinois

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.

Responsibilities:

• Rooming patients — Collect chief complaint, family/social/surgical history, and complete medication reconciliation.
• Telephone interactions — Communicate with patients, families, pharmacies, and facilities; gather and document information per policy.
• Administrative tasks — Check‑in/out, prior authorizations, scheduling, benefits verification, referrals, and test coordination.
• Office procedures — Perform tasks per competency and provider direction.
• Clinical procedures — Urine catheterization, bladder scanning, suture/staple removal, cast application/removal, TB test reading, and point‑of‑care diagnostics.
• Patient instructions — Provide written guidance on procedures, medications, and follow‑up per provider direction.
• Patient education — Retrieve condition‑specific materials from approved sources per provider orders.
• Medication administration — Administer medications as ordered.
• Prescription support — Assist with refills, call medications into pharmacies, notify patients, and document in EMR.
• Competency maintenance — Maintain skills in point‑of‑care testing, equipment handling, and specialty procedures.
• Lab result calls — Communicate lab results to patients per protocol.
• Ordering supplies — Maintain and request necessary clinical and office supplies.
• Ear lavage — Perform ear irrigation per department guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• NRCMA – NAHP — Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant
• CCMA – NHA — Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
• BLS – AHA — Basic Life Support (required within 30 days)
• RMA – AAH — Registered Medical Assistant (American Allied Health)
• RMA – ARMA — Registered Medical Assistant (American Registry of Medical Assistants)
• CMA – NCCT — Certified Medical Assistant (National Center for Competency Testing)
• CMA – AAMA — Certified Medical Assistant (American Association of Medical Assistants)
• RMA – AMT — Registered Medical Assistant (American Medical Technologists)
• H.S. Diploma/GED — Required education

SALARY RANGE: The compensation range for this position is $18.33 per hour - $29.69 per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

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