Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant (Multiple Vacancies)

Department:
Clinic Management

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed présente research findings. We offer outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state, including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and University Hospital in Newark.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Medical Assistant for the Clinical Practice Locations at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Medical Services Assistant performs routine clinical tasks and related administrative tasks to support effective and efficient office operations.

• Creates and maintains health record information, files, and organizes as needed.
• Communicates with insurance providers and handles pre‑authorizations and certifications as Registrierung.
• Communicates with patients and other providers per the instructions of the overseeing physician or health practitioner.
• Performs clinical tasks such as blood draws, EKGs, hearing and vision screens, urinalysis, and blood glucose testing.
• Prepares rooms, arranges instruments and equipment, and ensures a neat and sanitary environment.
• Rooms patients, verifies patient information, confirms purpose of visit, obtains and records vitals and updates medical history.
• Supports practice needs with clerical tasks such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, collecting co‑pays, and preparing lab requests.

• Certified medical assistant according to the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners definition (NJAC 13:35‑6.4(a)2).
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) and completion of medical interpreter training course (preferred).

• Position requires standing, walking, sitting, use of the hands to finger, handle or feel, talk and hear two‑thirds of the time, reach with hands and arms over one‑third of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl under one‑third of the time.
• Requires lifting up to 10 pounds two‑thirds of the time, and up to 25 pounds under one‑third of the time.
• Moderate noise environment with some exposure to blood‑borne pathogens requiring personal protective equipment.
• Able to travel to provide coverage at off‑site practices as needed.

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs.
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax‑deferred savings optionsريبا.
• Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable).
• Life insurance coverage.
• Employee discount programs.

• Minimum Salary: $19,670.00
• Mid‑Range Salary: $20,170.00
• Maximum Salary: $20,780.00

• Full‑time, 40.00 hours per week.
• On‑site work arrangement required.

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Rutgers University is an equal access/equal opportunity institution. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. For additional information please see the Non‑Discrimination Statement at the following web address: uoj

• Do you meet the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners definition of a “certified medical assistant” as outlined in NJACкер?
  • Yes
  • No

• Resume/CV
• Certifications/Licenses

• Cover Letter/Letter of Application