Medical Assistant - per diem - Make a Difference Every Day in Vascular Surgery

About the Role

Our Vascular Surgery team is looking for a compassionate, detail-oriented Medical Assistant to join our growing practice. In this role, you'll be an essential part of delivering exceptional care to patients throughout their surgical journey—from their first office visit through recovery.

Gain hands-on experience in a highly specialized surgical practice, build lasting relationships with patients, and work alongside an experienced, collaborative team that values your contributions. Enjoy a role where no two days are the same and your skills continue to grow.

Responsibilities

• Welcome and room patients while creating a positive, supportive experience.
• Assist providers with minor sterile office procedures.
• Perform dressing changes, suture and staple removal, and other clinical tasks.
• Prepare exam and procedure rooms while maintaining sterile technique.
• Educate patients on post-procedure care and recovery instructions.
• Collaborate with surgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses, and fellow medical assistants to deliver outstanding patient care.
• Follow guidelines and prescribed format for answering the phone and identify patient's health problem or concern.
• Interview patients and measure vital signs. Update patient's medications and allergy lists. Record information in the EMR.
• Prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients, including stocking and cleaning.
• Assist provider by preparing patients for physical examinations and by assisting with procedures.
• Demonstrate clinical skill in practice.
• Schedule patient appointments and order referrals per practice-specific guidelines.
• Inventory and order medical supplies and materials for assigned area of responsibility, remove outdated materials, and ensure proper labeling.
• Use software (Cerner, GroupWise, etc.) following established protocols for documentation, responding to requests, and initiating appropriate tests and orders.
• Greet patients and escort them to exam room.
• Clean and prepare instruments for sterilization.
• Perform job-specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical assistant program preferred but will accept applicants with healthcare experience (formal medical training program, EMT, LNA, Military Medics, Technicians, etc.).
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification or Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers.
• Medical Assistants are encouraged to obtain certification or registration within the first three years of employment.

Experience

• With completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program, no experience is required.
• For other candidates, at least 1 year of healthcare experience is preferred.

Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry, or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry, or push/pull up to 20 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to hear and speak. The employee is frequently required to do fine motor tasks, repetitive motion, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to bend, climb, kneel, reach, sit, smell, squat, and stand.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to blood-borne pathogens and bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, electrical hazards, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.