Medical Assistant - Part-time

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care:  Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture:  Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera:  Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join Avera as a Medical Assistant and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.

Position Highlights:

• Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct patient care.
• Commitment to Quality Patient Care: Avera Marshall invests almost $2 million each year to upgrade technology or purchase new hospital equipment to ensure the highest quality care available.
• Population: Opportunity to work with a wide range of ages
• Work/Life balance: Day Shift! Clinic hours, No weekends, holidays or call time! 64 hours Every 2 weeks

Job Summary

• Perform general nursing care to patient
• Greet patients and prepare them for physical examinations. Obtain height/weight, blood pressure and medical history information.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
• Observe, record and report patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to the provider.
• Assists in the orientation of new clinic nursing staff.
• Position is a float position providing support at the Carlson Street Clinic.

Education and/or Experience

• Graduate of a Medical Assistant program with an Associate’s degree or diploma required upon hire.
• Previous clinic experience preferred.
• Previous clinic experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• Basic Life Support required within 30 days of hire.
• Must be licensed through one of the following upon hire:
  • National Certification as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).
  • National Registration as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through the American Medical Technologist (AMT).
  • National Certification as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) through the National Health Career Association.

Work Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm; 64hrs/2wks

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $19.25 - $27.00 per hour