Job Title: Certified Medical Assistant
Job Location: North Bergen NJ
Department: Ortho Specialty
Duration: 3 months and extendable contract
Shift: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Monday - Friday
Duties:
Job Summary:
The Medical Assistant is responsible for ensuring that they assist physicians with all patient care.
Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):
1. Measuring and recording vital signs.
2. Recording patient interview, history and chief complaint.
3. Providing patient education with regards to office policies, medications, management of diseased, home treatments and special diets.
4. Assisting the physician with exams and minor office surgery.
5. Preparing patients for examinations and performing routine screening tests.
6. Change dressings, applying bandages, removing sutures and other first aid procedures.
7. Using CPR skills when required.
8. Maintaining supplies, equipment, stocking, and sterilization of instruments
9. Practice OSHA safety standards.
10. Performing accurate, legal, and ethical documentation at all times.
11. May triage patient phone calls/review prescriptions with patient as directed by physician
12. Perform other duties as assigned which are supportive in nature to the essential functions of the job, but may be altered or redesigned depending upon individual circumstances.
13. Perform Phlebotomy.
14. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
15. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
16. Lifts a minimum of 5 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 5 lbs. and stands a minimum of 1 hour a day.
Certifications:
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
Medical specialties:
- Primary Care
- Surgery
- Urgent Care
Schedule:
- 5x8
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work setting:
Experience:
- Ortho Medical Assistant: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- Certified Medical Assistant (Required)
Shift availability:
Work Location: In person