Medical Assistant Float

Position Overview

MedStar Health is looking for a Medical Assistant- Float to join our team at MedStar Health Urgent Care! The ideal candidate will be a certified Medical Assistant with excellent customer service and patient interaction skills. The Medical Assistant will perform clinical and administrative duties in an ambulatory care setting under the supervision of a physician/provider and/or a registered nurse. Duties may include venipuncture, medication and vaccine administration, measuring and documenting vital signs, assisting providers with patient exams, and providing telephone and clerical support. This role functions in multiple practice sites based on routine "float" assignments to complement staffing needs across ambulatory practices. Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses," and advance your career with MedStar Health!

Key Responsibilities

• Assists providers with patient preparation, office procedures, examination, and education of patients. Supports the clinical care team by managing patient volume, reviewing scheduled patient visits, and screening patients for preventative care needs, safety concerns, and potential fall risk.
• Reports actual or potential problems concerning patients, families, and associates. Participates in performance improvement initiatives to enhance care quality and safety, attends safety training, and maintains compliance with infection control measures and equipment standards.
• Performs selected patient and laboratory testing, removes sutures or staples, documents activities in the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR), and completes follow-up tasks such as pap smears, HIV testing, mammograms, and STD screening. Collects and processes specimens and completes requisitions.
• Provides escort and assistance with patient discharge activities, chaperones exams, ensures infection prevention and environmental safety, manages equipment maintenance records, drug and medical supply inventories, conducts telephone screening, and may perform IV catheter insertion, urinary catheter management, medication injections, and phlebotomy as needed.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through American Medical Technologists within 1 year.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Experience working in an ambulatory care medical office or equivalent.
• Externship in a medical or ambulatory health setting is strongly preferred.
• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program is preferred.
• Completed externship program at MedStar Health may be substituted for experience in an ambulatory care medical office.
• For Cardiology offices only: 6 months of experience in an ambulatory care medical office or equivalent, or a Bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology/science or related major, or successful completion of a cardiac technician course is preferred.

Compensation

Compensation: $19.17 - $33.08