Are you seeking an opportunity to demonstrate your positive interpersonal skills and high degree of respect for patients, physicians, and coworkers? Would you like to put your outstanding people skills to work in an environment dedicated to helping others? Then please apply for this exciting full-time opportunity. We would love to hear from you!

Summary of Essential Duties:

As a member of the patient care team, you will be responsible for positive patient relations, proper telephone communication, and verification of patient information by interviewing patients and confirming the purpose of the 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.

You will also be trained to handle appointment scheduling, and to perform routine duties associated with the collection and maintenance of current patient demographics and insurance information.

The Medical Assistant is able to demonstrate a level of expertise in performing these responsibilities based on the standard work with the ability, skill and knowledge to work in more than one specialty area.

The Medical Assistant should have good communication, interpersonal, customer service, organizational, and partnership skills. It is vital that the Medical Assistant II demonstrate a level of professionalism that enables them to work with and support their co-workers.

 

Primary Duties:

 

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Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

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