Join the team at Avera. Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation's 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America's Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.
Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.
Join Avera as a Medical Assistant and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment. Position Highlights: - Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct patient care.
- Commitment to Quality Patient Care: Avera Marshall invests almost $2 million each year to upgrade technology or purchase new hospital equipment to ensure the highest quality care available.
- Population: Opportunity to work with a wide range of ages
- Work/Life balance: Day Shift. Clinic hours, No weekends, holidays or call time. 64 hours Every 2 weeks
Job Summary - Perform general nursing care to patient
- Greet patients and prepare them for physical examinations. Obtain height/weight, blood pressure and medical history information.
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
- Observe, record and report patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to the provider.
- Assists in the orientation of new clinic nursing staff.
- Position is a float position providing support at the Carlson Street Clinic.
Education and/or Experience - Graduate of a Medical Assistant program with an Associate's degree or diploma required upon hire.
- Previous clinic experience preferred.
- Previous clinic experience preferred.
Licensure/Certification/Registration - Basic Life Support required within 30 days of hire.
- Must be licensed through one of the following upon hire:
- National Certification as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).
- National Registration as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through the American Medical Technologist (AMT).
- National Certification as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) through the National Health Career Association.
Work Schedule - Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm; 64hrs/2wks
Pay The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
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