Medical Assistant

SUNY Upstate Medical University; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY seeks a Medical Assistant to support clinical, laboratory and clerical duties across inpatient care areas, ambulatory services, outpatient clinics and laboratories. You will assist physicians, prepare patients, record vital signs and handle routine specimen processing.

Qualifications include either one year of related experience or completion of a medical assistant program; schedule is 40 hours weekly, Monday through Friday, on-site at Community

Qualifications

• One year of full-time experience in clinical and clerical support in a health care setting.
• Completion of a college, university, technical school or vocational school medical assistant program.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and hospital staff in patient care and procedures.
• Record vital data and perform routine laboratory procedures such as phlebotomy and specimen processing.
• Greet patients, answer phones, gather data and schedule appointments.

Skills

Clinical support

Clerical tasks

Phlebotomy

Education

Medical Assistant program

Job description

Job Summary:

Medical Assistants perform clinical, laboratory, and clerical support activities in inpatient care areas of the hospital, hospital ambulatory services, outpatient clinics, and laboratories. Incumbents assist physicians or other hospital/medical personnel in providing patient care, preparing patients for procedures and examinations, recording vital patient data, and performing standardized routine laboratory procedures such as phlebotomy, patient specimen collection, and specimen processing. Incumbents also perform routine clerical activities such as greeting and directing patients, accessioning tests, producing reports, answering telephones, gathering and entering data, and scheduling appointments

Minimum Qualifications:

For consideration for this title, you must meetthe following minimum qualifications:

Either1: One year of full-time experience performing clinical and clerical support activities in a health care setting.

Or2: completion of a college, university, technical school or vocational school medical assistant program.

Work Days:

Schedule based on a 40 hour work week. Monday-Friday, Day shift. Located at the Community Campus.

Message to Applicants:

**The NYS Department of Civil Service has expanded the NY HELPS Program. During this program, theNYS Civil Service Exam requirements aresuspendedfor the Medical Assistant title.

Salary: $42,209 +This title earns a geographical payment of $4,000 annually.

RecruitmentOffice:

Human Resources

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