Medical Assistant

Northside Hospital; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northside Hospital is seeking a Medical Assistant to provide nursing assistance and patient care within a multidisciplinary team. The role supports physicians and other clinicians in a medical office setting and will involve range-of-care duties as assigned after competency is established.

The position requires 1 year of healthcare experience as a Medical Assistant, and American Heart Association BLS certification. Visual color acuity screening may be required depending on the unit.

Qualifications

• 1 year of healthcare experience as a Medical Assistant is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification is required.
• Visual color acuity screening may be required depending on unit.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing assistance and patient care to ensure comfort, safety and meeting personal needs.
• Assist physicians/physician assistants/nurse practitioners in medical office settings as delegated.
• Perform a variety of patient care duties within a multidisciplinary team as directed by supervisors.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Color vision

Job description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Provides nursing assistance and patient care to provide for the comfort, safety and personal needs of patients. Assists physicians/physician assistants/nurse practitioners in medical office setting. Performs a variety of patient care duties within the construct of a multidisciplinary patient care team as delegated by physician. Specific duties and responsibilities assigned to the individual will be determined by the supervising physician(s), clinical staff and Practice Coordinator after competency is established.

REQUIRED

1. One (1) year of healthcare experience as a Medical Assistant.
2. Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
3. Visual color acuity screening depending on the role in specific units.