Join the Team at Avera!
Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.
Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.
Join Avera as a Medical Assistant (MA) and join a mission driven organization with a great company culture, and team environment.
Position Highlights:
- Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct patient care.
- Commitment to Quality Patient Care: Avera Marshall invests almost $2 million each year to upgrade technology or purchase new hospital equipment to ensure the highest quality care available.
- Population: Opportunity to work with a wide range of ages
- Career Growth opportunities with the largest employer in South Dakota.
Job Summary
- Perform general nursing care for patients
- Greet patients and prepare them for physical examinations. Obtain height/weight, blood pressure and medical history information.
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
- Observe, record and report patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to the provider.
- Assists in the orientation of new clinic nursing staff.
- Position will work in all areas of both Clinics.
Education and/or Experience
- Graduate of a Medical Assistant program with an Associate’s degree or diploma required upon hire.
- Previous clinic experience preferred
Licensure/Certification/Registration
- Basic Life Support required within 30 days of hire
- Must be licensed through one of the following upon hire:
- National Certification as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).
- National Registration as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through the American Medical Technologist (AMT).
- National Certification as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) through the National Health Career Association.
Work Schedule
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate is dependent upon experience.
