Specialty Medical Assistant

Pacific Central Coast Health Center; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health's Pacific Central Coast Health Centers is seeking a Medical Assistant to support clinicians by preparing exam rooms, taking vital signs, entering data in EMRs, and maintaining accurate medical logs. You will partner with providers to ensure efficient patient visits in a high-acuity environment.

The role requires completion of a MA program, 3+ years in high-acuity settings, and CPR within 90 days. Strong attention to detail and team collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Completion of a Medical Assistant training program.
• 3+ years of experience in a high-acuity specialty setting (e.g., Pulmonology, Oncology & Hematology, Infusion).
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Prepare exam rooms and take vital signs.
• Enter and maintain accurate data in patient records and EMR.
• Serve as clinic navigator for the assigned provider in a high-acuity setting.
• Assist with specialty procedures (e.g., bone marrow biopsies, genetic testing, high-level injections, ultrasounds, biopsies).
• Navigate the clinic’s EMR system as a super user.
• Identify abnormal symptoms and report urgent findings to the provider.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (pharmacy, infusion nursing, imaging, hospital teams).

Skills

EMR navigation

Vital signs

Data entry

Clinical documentation

Team coordination

Education

Medical Assistant training program

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Medical Assistant, you will be an indispensable clinical partner, elevating patient care and optimizing physician efficiency through advanced support.

Every day, you will expertly manage clinical documentation within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), accurately perform ancillary healthcare services, and execute specific physician instructions, ensuring precise and efficient patient visits.

To be successful in this role, you will combine advanced clinical proficiency with exceptional attention to detail, a strong aptitude for electronic health records, and a proactive approach to supporting high-quality patient care.

• Will perform typical Medical Assistant duties such as preparing exam rooms, taking vital signs, maintaining proper inventory levels, accurately entering data in patient records and charts, accurately recording data in medicine logs, etc.
• Serve as clinic Navigator to an assigned Provider throughout the course of the Patient's care in a high acuity environment.
• Perform specialty related functions in the clinic requiring knowledge and integration of standards of care, data management and independent judgment. Examples include but are not limited to: a) assistance with bone marrow biopsies, b) arranging for genetic testing and management of results, c) assistance with high level procedures (deep joint injections, ultrasounds, bone marrow aspirations, lumbar punctures and biopsies).
• Super user and able to efficiently and effectively navigate clinic's assigned medical record system.
• Identify normal and abnormal symptomatology through high acuity environment experience. Report specific urgent symptoms to Provider STAT. Close communication loop on all urgent symptoms and critical lab results.
• Interface with the multidisciplinary clinical teams on a daily basis for example: pharmacy, chemotherapy, infusion nursing, hospital teams including OR and Imaging. To ensure successful scheduling of complication patient needs: (blood transfusions, hydration, ER admission, Hospital Admission, STAT Imaging/lab, Home/Health Hospice).

Job Requirements

Required

• Successful completion of a Medical Assistant training program.
• 3 Year's experience in high-acuity specialty setting for example: Pulmonology, Oncology & Hematology, Infusion, Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Neonatology, Gynecologic Oncology, Neurosurgery, Surgical Oncology, Peds Cardiology.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work

Dignity Health's Pacific Central Coast Health Centers (PHC) is a non-profit Community clinic organization comprised of more than 40 health centers located primarily from Ventura to Templeton, spanning the coast. Our experienced physicians and advanced practice providers offer a wide range of primary and specialty care services. PHC is a part of Dignity Health Central Coast's award-winning network of outstanding hospitals, imaging centers, laboratories, and post-acute services.

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