Medical Assistant - Internal Medicine

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Join Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital offers a complete continuum of care, including emergency services, rehabilitation and outpatient care. Here, you will work alongside a team of dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Euclid Hospital’s Internal Medicine team provides patients above the age of 18 with comprehensive, coordinated care to prevent,diagnose and treat common adult problems. As a Medical Assistant, you willutilizeyour medical assisting skills to provide care to patients under the supervision of a physician or nurse in an ambulatory setting.

A caregiver in this position will cover between 7:00am and 5:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance,identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performingtestsand documenting patient care.

• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.

• Maintain equipment, medicalsuppliesand examination areas.

• Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, dataentryand patient registration.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program

• OR military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W)

• ORMedical Service Technician (4N0X1)

• Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Crossupon or within new hire period

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Medical Assisting Certification

• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
• Light Work
  - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note:
  
  The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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