Medical Assistant

Custom Personnel; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

CustomPersonnel is seeking a Medical Assistant for a Direct Primary/Urgent Care facility. You will support clinicians by preparing exam rooms, charting, and readying patients for visits.

Responsibilities include taking vitals, assisting with exams, administering medications, performing EKGs and phlebotomy, and scheduling patients to ensure smooth patient flow. Strong sterile technique and medical terminology knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting clinicians in primary care or urgent care settings.
• Strong customer service orientation and professional phone etiquette.
• Knowledge of sterile technique and universal precautions; experience with autoclave preferred.
• Familiarity with medical terminology and common abbreviations.

Responsibilities

• Greet and escort patients to exam rooms; take vitals and prepare the patient for the clinician.
• Prepare exam rooms, chart, and patient for visits; assist with exams and procedures as needed.
• Administer medications and injections as ordered by the clinician; perform EKGs and in-house tests.
• Conduct phlebotomy, ear lavages, and other urgent care duties as required.
• Schedule patients and support workflow to minimize wait times.

Skills

Customer service

Phone etiquette

Sterile technique

Universal precautions

Autoclave

Medical terminology

Timely patient flow

Job description

CustomPersonnel has a client seeking a MedicalAssistant for their Direct Primary/Urgent Care facility.

Primary function is to provide direct/indirect support to the clinician in the delivery of patient care. Medical Assistant prepares the exam room, chart, and patient to be seen by clinician and performs/implements orders for diagnostic tests.

JOB DUTIES:

• Greets & escorts patient to exam rooms, takes vitals
• Minimize patient wait time. Prepares the patient and assists with exams/procedures when needed. Anticipate provider needs per patient's reason for visit
• Administers medications & injections as ordered by clinician
• Perform EKG, in-house CLIA-waived tests and phlebotomy
• Performs ear lavages and other urgent care clinical skills required as a Medical Assistant in a primary care/walk-in/urgent care clinic
• Schedule patients appropriately and other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette
• Knowledge of sterile technique and universal precautions, use of autoclave
• Maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow
• Knowledge of medical terminology and accepted medical abbreviations