Medical Assistant – Pediatric Outpatient Clinic

                    

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Job Title

Medical Assistant – Pediatric Outpatient Clinic

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Peds Outpatient Clinic-Main Campus Hospital

                      

Job Code

C15016

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 

This position supports the outpatient pediatric clinic at Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, a dynamic environment featuring 59 exam rooms organized into five pods and nursing stations. The clinic serves general pediatrics as well as all pediatric subspecialties at main campus, with each subspecialty aligned to a designated pod and supported by a dedicated primary nursing team (LPNs and MAs/CTs).

As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will play a vital role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for patients, families, and visitors. You’ll work collaboratively with fellow staff to support medication management, patient monitoring, and a variety of administrative and clinical tasks.

A caregiver in this position works rotating weekly shifts from 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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, performing tests and documenting patient care.  

• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.  

• Administer specific medications under the direction of the provider. 

• Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.  

• Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and 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) or Medical 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 Cross upon or within new hire period 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Medical Assisting Certification 

• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship 
• Pediatric experience

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 exer