Employment

Medical Assistant

Work Setting
Physician Offices, Clinics, Urgent Care, Immediate Care and limited hospitals.

General Hours of Work
General hours for the medical assistant and 8 AM to 5 PM, however, your hours would be dependent on the office you work in.

Some urgent care and immediate care settings may stay open later than other clinics and physician offices. In addition, some larger clinics will have night clinics, which may require you to stay in the evening.

The thing that each medical assistant should remember is you are in the medical field to help people. As such, you may be required to stay over your shift to assist the physician with an emergency visit. You may display flexibility.

General Days of Work
The days per week are generally Monday through Friday, with an occasional Saturday. However, once again, this will depend heavily on the setting you work in. For instance, Urgent Care and Immediate Care settings are usually open on Sunday.

Pay Range
Your pay range will depend on the setting and the doctors you work for.

OLMIS states that the pay range for a medical assistant is $10.05 - 17.37 for Marion County with the average of $13.33. This figure may be slightly skewed by Kaiser Permanente.

It is our experience that the pay range will be anywhere from $10.50 - 14.00 per hour.

Duties
A medical assistants duties will vary depending on type of physician they are working with and the level of training they have received. For instance, in a family practice setting, the MA will generally use a broader scope of skills, then a medical assistant in specialty.

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician. Additionally, a Medical Assistant should know how to perform EKG's, Eye / Ear Lavage, Urinalysis, Throat Cultures and other various clinical duties.

Requirements
Though there are no specific requirements for the State of Oregon for medical assistants, as a general rule, an employer expects that a medical assistant have some sort of formal training or experience.

Local schools offering an accredited medical assistant program are:
Valley Medical College
Chemeketa Community College

In addition to education, some employers require a national certification. To that end, some employers do not require a certification but will pay additional compensation for it. Below are some of the certifications:
CMA (Certified Medical Assistant) by the AAMA
RMA (Registered Medical Assistant by the AMT

Lastly, some employers require that a medical assistant have Limited License X-Ray certification. This certification is by the Oregon State Board of Radiology. It entitles the medical assistant to take x-rays of patients under the direction of the physician. Generally, employers will pay additional compensation for the certification.

To Apply
We are currently accepting applications for several MA positions in the Salem and Surrounding areas.

Medical Employment Application

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