Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health·New London, New Hampshire
Responsible for clinical duties including taking vital signs, performing diagnostic tests, and maintaining examination rooms at an outpatient site. Also handles patient registration, scheduling, and the processing of laboratory specimens.
Overview Responsible for clinical duties such as taking vital signs, giving injections, performing simple diagnostic tests, collecting specimens, drawing blood, sterilizing and cleaning equipment, and maintaining examination rooms at an outpatient care site.
Greets, checks in patients, and notifies appropriate provider. Prepares patient, room and equipment for procedures and exams. Takes and records vital signs. Informs provider of patient vital signs and concerns. Recognizes and treats emergency patients as a priority, assists with patient examinations and treatments. Handles patient situations over the phone, schedules appointments and procedures with medical professionals. Understands limitations in dealing with patients over the phone, and involves nursing staff and providers. Register new patients and establishes a medical record. Prepares patient billings. Assists patients by filling out insurance and other forms. Supplies authorized information upon request by third party payors. Instructs patients in preparation for specific procedures. Collects and processes routine laboratory specimen. Operates and maintains clinical equipment. Maintains and uses aseptic technique including sterilization, disinfection and disposal of contaminated material. Cleans, wraps and autoclaves instruments. Cares for supplies and equipment. Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Requires graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant Program and certification as a CMA, RMA, or CCMA. BLS certification is required, and previous experience in an outpatient ambulatory care setting is strongly preferred.
Market context
Support-services roles in New Hampshire are often tied to steady patient-flow needs in clinics, practices, and other care settings, with employers looking for dependable staff who can handle both administrative and clinical support. These positions can be competitive because they often require a high school diploma or GED, medical assistant training or equivalent experience, and timely BLS authorization, with CMA, RMA, or CCMA credentials preferred or required. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, and confirm whether your certification status and BLS timeline match the posting before applying.
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