Medical Assistant Lead - Canton, GA

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

Job summary

Northside Hospital Inc. is seeking a Medical Assistant to provide nursing assistance and direct patient care in a fast-paced ambulatory office setting.

You will support physicians and a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient comfort and safety, while maintaining accurate education and documentation. The ideal candidate has a Medical Assistant program or equivalent clinical experience, BLS/CPR certification, color vision acuity, and knowledge of ambulatory office workflows.

Qualifications

• Graduate of Medical Assistant program or equivalent clinical experience.
• Expertise in ambulatory/physician office practice flow and activities; in-office procedures and patient education.
• Current BLS/CPR.
• Color vision acuity required for duties related to lab tasks.
• All applicants must pass a Color‑Acuity screening if lab duties are related.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing assistance and patient care for comfort, safety and personal needs.
• Assist physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in a medical office setting.
• Perform a variety of patient care duties as delegated by the supervising physician and clinical staff.

Skills

Patient care

Color vision

BLS/CPR

Education

Medical Assistant program or Military Medic course or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

1. Graduate of Medical Assistant program or Graduate of a U.S. Military Medic course. In lieu of medical assistant program education or Military Medic course, equivalent clinical experience to completion of Medical Assistant program required.
2. Expertise in ambulatory/physician office practice flow and activities; specialty specific disease processes and conditions; in-office procedures, and patient education.
3. Current BLS card (CPR).
4. Color vision acuity is required to safely perform the duties of this position if such duties are related to lab duties.
5. All applicants must submit to and pass a Color‑Acuity screening Test if such duties of this position are related to lab duties.

Preferred:

1. Certified as Medical Assistant.
2. Two years patient care experience in an ambulatory or acute care setting.

Work Hours:

8am - 5pm