Medical Assistant - FT Days- Congress Clinic
Company: Huntington Hospital
Location: South Pasadena
Posted on: June 27, 2025
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Job Description:
When you join the Huntington Hospital team, you are aligning
yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of
compassionate community care. Over the past 129 years, we’ve grown
from a small 16-bed hospital to a nationally recognized healthcare
leader with 619 beds. As part of our commitment to providing
equitable, high-quality care to all members of our community, we
embrace differences and work hard to create a place of belonging
for our patients and our employees. When you join the Huntington
family, you’ll be empowered to enact change that continuously
improves our ability to deliver world-class care, with kindness and
dignity, to all who need it. Internal Workers – Please log into
your Workday account to apply Huntington Hospital Employee Login
Compensation Range: Anticipated compensation range of $24.00 -
$28.80 / Hour depending on qualifications and experience.
Department: 718012 Congress Expectations: As a member of the
patient care team, the Medical Assistant is responsible for
positive patient relations, proper telephone communication,
verification of patient information by interviewing patient and
confirming purpose of visit. The Medical Assistant is also
responsible to prepare the patients for examination by performing
preliminary physical tests, taking blood pressure, weight, and
temperature, and reporting patient history summary. This position
will also be trained and will be responsible for appointment
scheduling, and to perform routine duties associated with the
collection and maintenance of current patient demographics and
insurance information. EDUCATION: High School Diploma/GED required.
Assoc. Degree/College Diploma preferred. EXPERIENCE/TRAINING: 1
year experience working as a Medical Assistant in an outpatient
clinical/medical office setting preferred. LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
Required: Current Medical Assistant Certification Current Basic
Life Support Provider (BLS) issued by The American Heart
Association Preferred: Current Certified Registered Medical
Assistant issued by California Certifying Board for Medical
Assistants SKILLS: • Technical - Ability to apply knowledge of
information software and/or hardware to provide solutions and/or
support. Prefer experience with CS-Link/Epic Healthcare. • Other -
Demonstrated ability to prepare the patients for examination by
performing preliminary physical tests, taking blood pressure,
weight, and temperature, and reporting patient history summary.
Demonstrated level of expertise in medical insurance, referral
processes and benefit plans. • Communication - Ability to convey
and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences
in different formats. If department requires, basic knowledge and
skills necessary to transcribe patient care as directed by a
physician in a legible, clear manner. Proficiency in typing,
spelling, punctuation, and grammar of medical terminology.
Understand medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic
procedures, pharmacology, and treatment assessments to the extent
required to accurately transcribe physician encounters. Worker
Type: Regular Full time Shift: Days
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