Medical Assistant/Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant - General Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
- Company: Cleveland Clinic
- Location: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
- Posted: Sep 20, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 1+ years
Overview
Job Details Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Job description
- Job Details
- Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
- A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 4:30pm with no weekends or holidays required.
Responsibilities
- Provide or assist with patient care in an outpatient clinic under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Independent Provider (LIP).
- Complete the rooming process, including vitals, height, weight, intake questions, documentation and reporting abnormal findings.
- Collect patient specimens, perform point of care testing and prepare specimens for transport to the lab.
- Prepare patients for and assist with exams, tests and procedures, such as EKG, Holter monitor application, pulse oximetry, hearing and vision screening, disinfection and sterilization.
- Administer treatments as directed, including the application of heat or cold, simple sterile dressing changes and applying/removing casts, braces and splints.
- Review printed instructions with patients.
- Assist with wound care.
- Document in the electronic health record.
- Assist with setting up the clinic for daily operations, in-baskets, closure of care gaps, maintaining clean and orderly work areas, and closing the clinic.
- Stock supplies and linens.
- Clean, monitor expiration dates, restock dressing supply carts, check AED units and oxygen tanks, and empty needle boxes using appropriate safety measures.
- Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.
- OR
- 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. Administers specific medications under direction of provider.
- Maintain equipment, medical supplies, and examination areas.
- Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.
Requirements
- A high school diploma or GED
- One year of recent healthcare experience in a hospital or ambulatory, homecare, assisted living, nursing home or long-term care setting
- Understanding of human anatomy, basic patient care activities and math
- Additional formal training/education may substitute some or all of the required experience
- If not already obtained, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross is required within the new hire period
- OR
- Graduate from an approved medical assisting program OR military training as a hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)
- Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross. If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period
About Cleveland Clinic
At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.