Certified Medical Assistant - Urgent Care @ LaGrange

Certified Medical Assistant - Urgent Care @ La Grange

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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well‑being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry and in people’s lives.

Work

Shift

Various

Location

2220 Vernon Rd. St. LaGrange, GA 30240

Shift/Schedule

7:45 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Facility Open Days

Seven days a week / 365 days a year

Job Summary

The Medical Assistant functions under the direction of the Physician, Clinical Lead, Clinical Nurse Supervisor, Nurse Supervisor, and/or Office Manager. The assistant recognizes patient needs and symptoms in advance, provides care under the physician’s direction, prepares patients for exams, assists during treatments, coordinates tests and follow‑up care, and records treatment in the medical record. The assistant explains patient instructions to the patient/family and demonstrates competency across all age groups, including neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

All duties related to front‑office registration, laboratory testing, and radiology functions within a specialty setting are performed as required.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions Clinical and Non-Clinical Duties and Expectations

• Register patients upon entrance to facility
• Perform all necessary registration operations
• Prepare equipment and rooms and aid physician with patient treatment
• Perform vitals and other duties to prepare patients
• Rotate among various clinical and non‑clinical service areas such as lab, x‑ray, and front office
• Address main safety needs of patients
• Cross‑train other team members

Diagnostic Imaging Duties and Expectations

• Perform radiographic and other diagnostic imaging procedures to assist clinical team and physicians in patient treatment
• Prepare and position patients for imaging procedures, ensuring proper techniques including radiation protection
• Obtain optimum views as ordered by the physician
• Process images and review for proper identification and quality control
• Cross‑train other team members
• Complete and maintain logs, reports, and documentation

Laboratory Duties and Expectations

• Start laboratory equipment daily and maintain logs and documentation as requested
• Perform laboratory tests according to orders and instructions
• Draw blood samples from patients and perform Point‑of‑Care testing
• Order and stock supplies weekly
• Perform daily quality control and cleaning procedures according to guidelines
• Cross‑train other team members

Patient Liaison

• Provide relationship‑based patient‑centered care that is consistent with population‑specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
• Always partner with the patient and significant others or family (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose to keep patients at ease and make patient goals the focus of the plan of care
• Practice using current clinical practice standards

Team Work and Collaboration

• Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes a professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner that promotes recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members>

Professional Development and Initiative

• Complete all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, mandatory education, and population‑specific education
• May be asked to serve as a preceptor for onboarding Medical Assistants/students and be an exemplary role model for all staff or students across disciplines to ensure a current and future qualified workforce, modeling professionalism and creating a healthy work…