Medical Assistant - Internal Medicine
Advocate Health Care
- Downers Grove, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist physicians and other clinicians with important clinical duties including but not limited to taking medical histories and assisting in physical examinations
- Act as a liaison between patients, physicians and other clinicians.
- Measure patient’s vital signs
- Prepare and administer vaccines/medications
- Document patient information into the electronic health record
- Collect specimens for testing
- High School Diploma or GED
- Graduate of a medical assistant program or at least two years of verifiable medical assistant experience within the last five years.
- Good communications skills. Experience using a keyboard and computers.
- Familiarity with equipment used in ambulatory care.
- Current AHA CPR certification.
- Ability to travel locally to multiple sites as needed.
- Ability to work in stressful conditions and difficult situations.
- Resilient and flexible in a changing environment.
- Ability to cooperate and work with others.
- Ability to make sound and timely decisions and ability to work rotating shifts any day of the week.
- Ability to perform lifting/transfer activities related to patients as needed, ability to stoop/bend.