Click here to edit.

Picture
At this time when many people are losing their jobs and those who are looking to find one are not having any luck either, many are trying to reevaluate their employment situation and taking steps to gain new experience and pursue other industries and expertise where the opportunities for job security are better. Assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH is some of these opportunities which people can pursue.

Medical assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH are particularly in demand for specific fields of expertise by various medical facilities, physicians' offices, and hospitals. While there are general requirements and duties that medical assistants are expected to do, some employers also have additional specific requirements and tasks for their new employees. The varying demands for patient care in medical facilities also require the need for flexibility in the performance of assistant duties. This means that while other employers can follow the regular five-day work weeks and eight-hour regular working days, some cannot.

Assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH include helping patients getting settled in their rooms, providing them information related to their medical care and needs, interviewing and recording patients' medical information, administering injections,  blood draws, checking patients' vital signs, and assisting with EKGs. When a patient is scheduled for surgery, the medical assistant helps with the preparation by doing preliminary physical tests as well as doing the necessary arrangements with the surgical center and preparing the charts, pre-admission, and consent forms.

Keeping records and making sure that all medical and surgical supplies are available are also part of the responsibilities in medical assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH. They are also tasked to keep the surgical and other important medical areas of the facilities clean and sanitized prior to and after surgeries or any medical procedures are conducted. Some of these assistant jobs are held by clinical technical assistants in a pediatric surgery, a nursing assistant, and a physical therapy assistant who works directly with physical therapists.

Other assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH are those of a medical staff secretary and an administrative assistant position, both of which have administrative and clerical functions. They are usually required to work with record-keeping, documentation, and other specific tasks typically found in office environments. The medical staff secretary needs to have at least five years of experience working in a medical facility and two years doing actual administrative work. An administrative assistant is required to have at least three years of experience in the same capacity and similar field.

Medical assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH require applicants to have a diploma in an accredited medical assisting program and a few years of clinical experience. A nursing assistant, on the other hand, needs to at least be a high school graduate or has completed its GED equivalent, passed the medical terminology exam, earned a year of clinical or medical experience, and is BCLS-certified. Both an administrative assistant and a medical staff secretary are also expected to be familiar with word processing work.

Assistant jobs in Cleveland, OH, especially those who will be assisting patients directly on a regular basis are expected to be friendly, patient, have good communication and interpersonal skills as well as organized and familiar with the medical facilities and tools, and the tasks and functions of other medical professionals they will be working directly with.