Certified Medical Assistant
About The Position
Sentara Urgent Care Little Neck is hiring a full-time Certified Medical Assistant in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The role may require floating to other Virginia Beach Urgent Care clinics as needed. The Medical Assistant promotes a safe environment for patients, visitors, and employees and performs patient-care tasks, procedures, and appropriate administrative duties. The position requires objective assessment of situations, consideration of alternatives, support for realistic action plans, and evaluation of outcomes. The Medical Assistant applies the skills and knowledge required for the role, interacts effectively with other departments, follows department and system policies and procedures, and works productively and efficiently using resources that are safe, effective, ethical, and fiscally responsible. Clinic hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The schedule consists of two 12-hour shifts, one 8-hour shift, and one 6-hour shift, with alternating weekends. Qualified candidates receive a sign-on bonus. Sentara describes its compensation as market-competitive, with a full-time base-pay range of $21.69 to $32.14 per hour. Other compensation may include shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonuses. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.
Requirements
- High school graduation or equivalent.
- One of the following credentials: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), or EMT Basic Certification.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
Nice To Haves
- One year of clinical or administrative experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Promote safety for patients, visitors, and employees by identifying, addressing, and incorporating safety principles.
- Provide patient-care tasks and procedures, as well as administrative duties when appropriate.
- Assess situations objectively, consider alternatives, assist in developing realistic action plans, and evaluate outcomes.
- Apply the skills and knowledge required of medical assistants.
- Interact effectively with other departments and follow department and system policies, procedures, and practices.
- Work productively and efficiently in daily operations.
- Use resources that are safe, effective, ethical, and fiscally responsible.
- Float to other Virginia Beach Urgent Care clinics as needed.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
- Paid time off and sick leave, including vacation and holidays.
- Paid parental and family caregiver leave.
- Emergency backup care.
- Long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
- Tuition assistance up to $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
- Student debt pay down up to $10,000.
- Pet insurance.
- Legal resources plan.
- Potential annual discretionary bonus, subject to established system and employee eligibility criteria.
- Educational assistance or student loan repayment.
- Paid military leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
