Job Title: Certified Medical Assistant
Specialty: Ambulatory and outpatient clinical support
Place of Work (City/State): Winterhaven, CA
Site: Fort Yuma Health Care Center
Exact Location: 401 Picacho Road, Winterhaven, CA 92283
Duration: 1 year contract with the possibility of 4 more extensions
Shift Schedule: Monday Friday, 08:00AM 05:00PM Pacific Time
Credentialing / Onboarding Time: 6 8 weeks
Certifications:
- Current medical assistant certification from a nationally recognized certifying organization acceptable to the Government.
- BLS from an AHA or ARC
Experience Needed: Minimum 2 years of recent outpatient, ambulatory, or clinic-based MA or comparable clinical support experience.
Special Skills Needed:
- Documented training and competency for any injections, medication-administration support, skin tests, inhalation treatments, venipuncture, specimen collection, or waived testing the MA will perform.
- EHR and basic clinic systems.
- Must meet California MA training, scope, and supervision requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare, stock, and turn over exam rooms.
- Room patients and record vital signs, height, weight, allergies, medication lists, and reason for visit.
- Prepare patients and assist providers with exams and minor procedures.
- Collect, label, and route specimens. Perform finger sticks, venipuncture, and waived/POC tasks only when trained and authorized.
- Administer medications, immunizations, injections, skin tests, or inhalation treatments only with documented competency, an order, and supervision.
- Enter factual EHR documentation within role permissions.
- Front-desk and administrative support (scanning, message routing, referral packets, supply tracking) when identified in the BPA Call.
- The MA may not diagnose, independently assess or triage, or perform licensed-practitioner functions ( 2, p.1).
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