Medical Assistant - Bariatric Surgery

Cleveland Clinic; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Cleveland Clinic team as a Medical Assistant, providing essential support to patients and healthcare professionals. This full-time position focuses on enhancing patient experiences while ensuring health maintenance through screenings and administrative duties. Ideal candidates are graduates of medical programs and possess strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program or military training.
• Completion of a clinical externship or extensive clinical experience.
• Certification as Medical Assistant within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments.
• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.
• Perform clerical duties such as filing and scheduling.

Skills

Patient Monitoring

Administrative Skills

Communication

Education

Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

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Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. Here, our collaborative team of healthcare professionals strives to offer the community comfort, treating every patient like members of our own families.

As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will collaborate with fellow staff to create a welcoming, comfortable environment for patients, families and visitors. In this role, you will assist with medication management, patient monitoring, administrative tasks and more. All your work helps ensure the best possible health outcomes, allowing you to directly improve the lives of patients and their families every day.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00AM – 5:00PM or 7:30AM—4:30PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.
• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.
• Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.
• Perform administrative / clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.
  
  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program OR military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)
• Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or within new hire period
• Certification as Medical Assistant within 90 days of date of hire
  
  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Certification from the American Association of Medical Assistants
• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship
  
  

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Requires walking or standing to a significant degree; sitting, pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible
  
  

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
  
  

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

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• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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