Medical Assistant - Breast Surgery

                    

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Job Title

Medical Assistant - Breast Surgery

                        

Location

Beachwood

                    

Facility

Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center

                     

Department

Breast Center Admin-Integrated Surgical Institute

                      

Job Code

C15016

                     

Shift

Day/Evening Rotation

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center continues to provide the excellent healthcare our patients have come to expect from Cleveland Clinic. At this facility, you will join a team of caregivers committed to serving the east side community with compassion, empathy and kindness. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Cleveland Clinic Breast Care Center is committed to helping patients take charge of their breast health. This center offers comprehensive screening and diagnostic services for women and men, such as mammograms, breast MRIs, MRI-guided breast biopsies, 3d breast tomosynthesis, ultrasound-guided biopsies, needle localizations, stereotactic core biopsies, education, and support services. A new surgeon will be joining the team of providers, requiring the need for a Medical Assistant in the Breast Surgery section. As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will collaborate with fellow staff to create a welcoming, comfortable environment for patients, families and visitors. You will assist with reviewing schedules, rooming patients, chart prep, patient monitoring, administrative tasks and more. All your work helps ensure the best possible health outcomes.     

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 4:30pm with no weekends or holidays required.  This role is stationed at Beachwood and float to Cleveland Clinic Main Campus.

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.  

• 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 hire or within new hire period 

• Current demonstrated clinical proficiency 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Medical Assisting certification 

• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship 

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 exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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