Job Title: Medical Assistant
Location: Clara Maass Medical Center
Department Name: Cancer Center
Req #: 0000268365
Status: Hourly
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $21.48 - $26.71 per hour
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Medical Assistant (MA) – RWJBarnabas Health
At RWJBarnabas Health, Medical Assistants become part of a purpose-driven environment where teamwork, compassion, and exceptional patient care create meaningful experiences every day. This MA role offers opportunities for growth, supportive collaboration, and a culture committed to quality, safety, and continuous improvement. As a Medical Assistant, you will play an essential role in supporting providers, enhancing patient care, and creating a welcoming experience for individuals and families across our organization. Joining RWJBarnabas Health means joining a community where every team member is encouraged to grow, contribute, and make a lasting impact.
A typical day for a Medical Assistant may include:
- Assists the clinical staff in providing technical aspects of patient care under the direction of the clinical team
- Assists the clinical and administrative staff in clerical functions in support of patient care
- Performs specimen collection, including but not limited to blood, urine, stool etc
- Assures timely and efficient patient flow throughout the Cancer Center, while monitoring the wait time in the reception area, lab, sub-waiting and examination rooms
- Promptly escalate appropriate personnel for unexplained delays
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with staff, providers, visitors, patients and family verbally and through documentation in patient medical record
- Orders office and clinical supplies in a timely manner. Ensuring that department is appropriately stocked. Verbalizes and demonstrates an understanding of department par-levels
- Maintains a clean, neat, well stocked and safe working area in all patient care areas
- Interacts professionally with all staff, patients and family members while paying attention to the age-specific needs of the patient
- Meets patient and family expectations while consistently striving for customer satisfaction by adhering to the Employee Code of Conduct
- Organizes work and meets deadlines in high-volume practice while demonstrating a positive, professional manner
- Transports medication to and from pharmacy
- Transports labs, urine samples, etc to the main hospital lab
- Proficiently demonstrates and consistently performs all techniques and skills in the following:
- Receives patients from waiting areas
- Accurately performs proper patient identification
- Obtains the patient's vital signs, height and weight, and communicates abnormal findings to appropriate clinical staff in a timely manner
- Assists patients in examination room with gowning and assists clinical staff with patient care during procedures
- Reviews patient medication list
- Obtain patient pain levels and escalation to nursing or provider
- Performs all other duties as assigned
This role might be for you if:
- Clear, compassionate communication defines how you interact with patients, families, and colleagues
- You enjoy balancing both clinical and administrative responsibilities in a fast-paced healthcare environment
- Attention to detail and organization to help you deliver accurate, efficient patient care
- Providing exceptional customer service and creating a positive patient experience are important to you
- Adaptability allows you to manage changing priorities while maintaining professionalism
- Continuous learning and professional growth motivate you
- Collaborative teamwork is something you value and actively contribute to every day
To be considered for this Medical Assistant opportunity, you are passionate about delivering compassionate patient care while creating a positive experience for every individual you serve.
- This position offers a consistent Monday through Friday schedule from 8:30am - 4:30pm, allowing you to build strong patient relationships while maintaining a work-life balance.
- You must hold a HS diploma/GED and current American Heart Association BLS certification.
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) credential (AAMA, AECA, AMCA, AMT, NAHP, NCCT, NCMA, or NHA) is preferred.
- Phlebotomy skills and experience are required. A minimum of 6 months MA experience and electronic medical record (EMR) systems, Epic, knowledge is preferred.
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
