Medical Assistant – Primary Care

Medical Assistant – 3 days per week – Primary Care

Location:

Austintown, Ohio

Employment Type:

Part-Time (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm)

At Southwoods Health, it's not just about the treatment, but how you're treated. #SWH

Southwoods Health is hiring a part‑time, three‑day‑per‑week Medical Assistant for our Primary Care office in Austintown, Ohio. The Medical Assistant (MA) will join a dedicated team, partnering with a physician and/or other health care professionals to evaluate and provide direction to comprehensive, quality patient care. This role involves a wide range of skilled administrative and clinical duties crucial to the daily operations of our clinic.

• Create a welcoming, friendly, and professional environment for patients and visitors through exceptional customer service.
• Room patients in a timely manner utilizing two patient identifiers.
• Obtain and record vital signs, major complaint, medications, and allergies in the patient chart.
• Collect various specimens by following proper specimen collection, storing, and recording protocols.
• Prepare lab specimens in a timely manner for transport to the hospital lab, maintaining positive specimen identification throughout processing.
• Report and record patient critical lab values, adverse reactions, and pertinent information promptly to the physician and team members.
• Able to schedule appointments, answer phones, file documents, maintain medical records, and perform other administrative duties as assigned.
• Recognize patients’ rights and responsibilities and support them in the performance of job duties.
• Ensure all processes at the responsible physician practice maintain compliance with all regulatory agencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Graduated from an accredited Medical Assistant program and obtained a diploma; or maintains certification renewals from one of the following associations throughout the course of employment:
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification through the American Medical Technologists (AMT)
  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) certification through the National Health career Association (NHA)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) required.

Part‑time position, 3 days per week.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm