Certified Medical Assistant - Winterhaven, CA

Job Title: Certified Medical Assistant

Specialty: Ambulatory and outpatient clinical support

Place of Work (City/State): Winterhaven, CA

Site: Fort Yuma Health Care Center

Exact Location: 401 Picacho Road, Winterhaven, CA 92283

Duration: 1 year contract with the possibility of 4 more extensions

Shift Schedule: Monday Friday, 08:00AM 05:00PM Pacific Time

Credentialing / Onboarding Time: 6 8 weeks

Certifications:

• Current medical assistant certification from a nationally recognized certifying organization acceptable to the Government.
• BLS from an AHA or ARC

Experience Needed: Minimum 2 years of recent outpatient, ambulatory, or clinic-based MA or comparable clinical support experience.

Special Skills Needed:

• Documented training and competency for any injections, medication-administration support, skin tests, inhalation treatments, venipuncture, specimen collection, or waived testing the MA will perform.
• EHR and basic clinic systems.
• Must meet California MA training, scope, and supervision requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, stock, and turn over exam rooms.
• Room patients and record vital signs, height, weight, allergies, medication lists, and reason for visit.
• Prepare patients and assist providers with exams and minor procedures.
• Collect, label, and route specimens. Perform finger sticks, venipuncture, and waived/POC tasks only when trained and authorized.
• Administer medications, immunizations, injections, skin tests, or inhalation treatments only with documented competency, an order, and supervision.
• Enter factual EHR documentation within role permissions.
• Front-desk and administrative support (scanning, message routing, referral packets, supply tracking) when identified in the BPA Call.
• The MA may not diagnose, independently assess or triage, or perform licensed-practitioner functions ( 2, p.1).