Medical Assistant - Urgent care

Nemours Children's Health; Glen Mills (Delaware County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health seeks a Medical Assistant for our Urgent Care in Glen Mills, PA. The MA will bridge patients, families, providers, and care teams, coordinating patient flow, collecting clinical data, and entering history into the medical record per protocol.

Responsibilities include preparing exam rooms, assisting with examinations, performing point-of-care testing, administering vaccines, and collecting lab specimens.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program is preferred.
• American Heart Association BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Certification as CMA, RMA, NCMA or CCMA is acceptable per policy.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and families at the clinical setting according to Nemours Standards of Behavior.
• Verifies patient identity using two patient identifiers (name and date of birth).
• Prepares exam rooms, clinic equipment and computer technology by maintaining inventory and supplies for the outpatient visit.
• Rooms patient ensuring appropriate documents are with the patient, including required diagnostic reports.
• Receive, unpack, store, inventory, transport non-controlled medications and clinic supplies.
• Obtain and document height, weight, head circumference and vital signs.
• Document reason for visit and chief complaint and initiate orders per Nemours protocol.
• Assist with patient examination/treatment.
• Perform and document point of care testing and controls.
• Administer vaccines and approved medications as defined by policy and provide vaccine records.
• Collect routine laboratory specimens.
• Operate required medical equipment.
• Assist in the flow of patient care.
• Act as liaison between support services, other clinical divisions, and patient regarding care and wait times.
• Make confirmation calls to ensure visits are in confirmed status before visit per protocol.

Education

Accredited Medical Assistant program

AHA BLS certification within 90 days of hire

CMA

RMA

NCMA

CCMA

Job description

Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Medical Assistant for our Urgent Care in Glen Mills, PA

The Medical Assistant (MA) is an important liaison between the patient/family, provider, and other care team members. The MA is responsible for coordinating patient flow by assisting in clinical data collection and review for patient intake, ensuring the appropriate information is available to the provider, and entering pertinent history in the medical record. The MA performs and assists with clinical procedures in accordance with divisional/department responsibilities as directed by the provider and per protocol.

Essential Functions

• Greets patients and families at the clinical setting according to Nemours Standards of Behavior.
• Verifies patient identity using two patient identifiers (name and date of birth).
• Prepares exam rooms, clinic equipment and computer technology by maintaining inventory and supplies for the outpatient visit.
• Rooms patient ensuring appropriate documents are with the patient, including required diagnostic reports.
• Receive, unpack, store, inventory, transport non-controlled medications and clinic supplies.
• Performs clinical duties to support the outpatient visit to include, but not limited to the following:
• Obtain and document height, weight, head circumference and vital signs.
• Documents reason for visit, chief complaint and initiates orders defined using smart sets as appropriate for scope of service and Nemours’ protocol.
• Assist with patient examination/treatment.
• Perform and document point of care testing, and controls.
• Administers and documents vaccines and approved medications as defined by policy as ordered and provides vaccine records to families.
• Perform and collect routine laboratory specimens.
• Operate required medical equipment.
• Assist in the flow of patient care.
• Act as a liaison between support services, other clinical divisions, and patient regarding care and status of wait times.
• Make confirmation calls that are not completed by automated systems to ensure all visits are in “confirmed” status prior to visit or per Department protocol.

Requirements

• Successful completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program preferred acceptable certifications are Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) and Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA).
• American Heart Association BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org.