Cleveland Clinic·Elkton, Maryland
The Medical Assistant supports general surgery by performing patient screenings, monitoring conditions, and collecting specimens. They also handle administrative duties including scheduling, registration, and maintaining medical supplies.
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Job Title Medical Assistant - General Surgery Location Dover Facility Union Hospital Department UPS Reg Surg Specialities-Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Job Code C15016 Shift Days Schedule 8:00am-4:30pm Job Summary Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best.
Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio.
Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care.
As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will play a vital role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for patients, families, and visitors.
Working collaboratively with clinical and administrative staff, you will support medication management, patient monitoring, and a variety of clinical and office tasks.
This position offers broad clinical exposure through hands-on involvement in patient care, compliance, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams.
A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
A caregiver who excels in this role will: Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.
Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.
Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.
Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program (As designated by the Enterprise MA Steering Committee) Completion of a clinical externship (Extensive clinical experience may be considered in lieu of formal clinical externship) Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (within new hire period) Current demonstrated clinical proficiency Military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Medical Assisting Certification Successful completion of Cleveland Clinic Externship Physical Requirements: Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
Candidates must be graduates of an approved Medical Assisting program with BLS certification and clinical externship completion. Military training as a medic or corpsman is also accepted as a qualification.
Market context
Support-services roles in Maryland are often in steady demand in hospitals and care settings because they keep daily operations and patient support running. These positions can be competitive when employers want current CNA licensure, BLS certification, and acute-care experience, along with benefits such as PTO and insurance coverage. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your Maryland CNA status and AHA BLS details before applying.