Medical Assistant

SUNY Upstate Medical University • Syracuse, NY

119d • $39,215 - $39,215

About The Position

Medical Assistants perform clinical, laboratory, and clerical support activities in inpatient care areas of the hospital, hospital ambulatory services, outpatient clinics, and laboratories. Incumbents assist physicians or other hospital/medical personnel in providing patient care, chart preparation, preparing patients for procedures and examinations, recording vital patient data, and performing standardized routine laboratory procedures such as phlebotomy, patient specimen collection, and specimen processing. Incumbents also perform routine clerical activities such as greeting and directing patients, accessioning tests, producing reports, answering telephones, gathering and entering data, and scheduling appointments.

Requirements

• One year of full-time experience performing clinical and clerical support activities in a health care setting.
• Completion of a college, university, technical school or vocational school medical assistant program.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians or other medical personnel in providing patient care.
• Prepare charts and patients for procedures and examinations.
• Record vital patient data accurately.
• Perform standardized routine laboratory procedures such as phlebotomy and specimen processing.
• Conduct routine clerical activities including greeting patients and answering telephones.
• Accession tests and produce reports as needed.
• Gather and enter patient data into systems.
• Schedule patient appointments.

Benefits

• Salary of $39,215
• Geographical payment of $4,000 annually

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: No Education Listed