Careers in Medical Assisting
If you would enjoy a career in the medical field, working to help people each and every day, medical assisting could be perfect for you. A medical assistant job is a dynamic healthcare career where you can work with doctors and patients in a variety of medical environments. A career in medical assisting could range from working in the front office of a health clinic to taking patients' vitals or assisting a doctor in the back office of a medical office.
Medical Assistant
- Perform administrative tasks including answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records, filling out insurance forms, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handling billing and bookkeeping.
- Execute clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, chiropractors and other health practitioners running smoothly.
- Collect and prepare specimens and perform basic laboratory tests on premises, dispose of contaminated supplies and sterilize medical instruments.
Certified Nurse Assistant*
- Provide hands-on care and perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.
- Help patients to eat, dress, and bathe; answer calls for help, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms.
- Take patient's temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and blood pressure.
Emergency Room Technician
- Optimize patient care in the emergency room by providing doctors and nurses with technical assistance.
- Perform phlebotomy and IV starts, transport patients to other departments, place patients on cardiac and vital sign monitors and perform 12 lead EKGs.
A medical assisting career could be an enjoyable and rewarding undertaking. The fast-track Medical Assisting Degree program offered at Westwood College can help you towards this goal. To learn more about how you could work towards a career in medical assisting, click here or call toll-free at 1-800-281-2978 today!
