DJJ Certified Medical Assistant - Macon, GA

Job Title: DJJ Certified Medical Assistant – Macon, GA

Location: Macon YDC (Macon, GA )

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 293346

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers. Established in 2017, the Department of Juvenile Justice Health Services was created through a collaboration between Augusta University Health System and the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice to deliver high-quality health services to justice‑involved youth in 25 facilities.

Base rate: $20.00 per hour

41 paid days off per year

• High school diploma with two years of experience
• AAMA - American Association of Medical Assistant
• CCMA - Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
• Med Ca - Medical Career Assessment
• NCMA - National Certified Medical Assistant
• RMA - Registered Medical Assistant

• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Detail‑oriented
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases

• 3 or more years of previous experience in a clinical setting and correctional clinical experience
• Experience with electronic medical record preferred
• Bi‑lingual a plus

• Educated and trained to perform both administrative and clinical skills in a medical care environment as part of the facility clinical team
• Provides support to the physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or other providers as needed
• Evaluates and prepares patients to be seen by providers
• Patient triage: taking vital signs, recording patient interview/complaints, and preparing the patient for exams/procedures as needed
• Processes lab requests, including venipuncture
• Performs routine screening tests, EKGs, nebulizer treatments, and changes dressings as ordered
• Prepares and administers medications as prescribed, noting times and amounts on patient records
• Enters clinical data into the electronic medical record and maintains accurate documentation
• Assists with administrative clerical duties, answering phones and scheduling appointments as needed
• Promotes a customer‑friendly environment and provides superior service to patients, students, faculty, and employees

Shifts may vary and depend upon availability of each site.

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All candidates are required to complete and successfully pass pre‑employment requirements, including a Criminal History Record Release and, when applicable, a Physical Examination and Drug Screen.

All employees must ensure the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during and beyond employment.

This position also promotes a customer‑friendly environment and provides superior service to patients, students, faculty, and employees. “Augusta University is a patient‑and‑family‑centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success.”

Augusta University is a tobacco‑free environment; the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.

The Department of Juvenile Justice is a division of Augusta University. The university offers equal employment, access, and educational opportunities and is an affirmative action institution. Augusta University is a federal contractor and desires priority referrals for protected veterans. The policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and educate persons without regard to age, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

All candidates must complete and successfully pass pre‑employment requirements, including a Criminal History Record Release and, when applicable, a Physical Examination and Drug Screen.

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