Full-Time
Medical Assistant
Updated on 9/3/2026
Cooper University Health Care
Academic health system
Compensation Overview
$18 - $29/hr
Voorhees Township, NJ, USA
In Person
May be asked to work at other ambulatory offices based on patient volume.
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- At least one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a medical assistant, or documented evidence of an externship completed in a medical office.
- Experience with electrocardiograms (EKGs), vital signs, venipuncture, capillary procedures, and injections.
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from a post-secondary medical assisting education program accredited by a New Jersey Administrative Code-approved certifying body.
- Current certification from a recognized certifying board approved by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification through the American Heart Association.
- Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication, and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated excellent customer service skills.
- Flexibility and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment and adjust to patient volume.
- Provide medical assistant care under the supervision of physicians, providers, and registered nurses in ambulatory settings.
- Greet patients and guests using AIDET and provide a positive service experience.
- Provide patient support and communicate delays, including offering alternatives when appropriate.
- Room patients and document vital signs, pain, reason for visit, medication review, and social, surgical, family, and medical history.
- Complete electronic medical record in-baskets, telephone communications, MyChart messages, and medical-record documentation.
- Obtain reports, results, and medical records.
- Complete insurance and disability forms, precertifications and authorizations, point-of-care testing, order transcription, and protocol-based order entry.
- Assist with bump lists, wait lists, and appropriate work queues as assigned.
- Schedule appointments, including follow-up appointments, physician office visits, imaging, and laboratory visits.
- Perform and document patient outreach, callbacks, MyChart messages, and confirmation calls.
- Administer vaccines when assigned and document them according to established policies.
- Collect and handle specimens according to established protocols, including proper labeling and safe handling.
- Assist physicians and providers with monitoring and reporting laboratory results.
- File reports, laboratory results, radiology reports, and correspondence in the electronic medical record and attach results to appropriate orders.
- Obtain prior authorization for medications, procedures, and testing when assigned.
- Communicate with multidisciplinary team members and patients while adhering to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and code of ethical conduct.
- Maintain working knowledge of regulatory standards and sustain those standards in daily operations.
- Work at other ambulatory offices based on patient volume when assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.
- Epic experience is preferred.
Cooper University Health Care is an academic health system based in South Jersey. The organization provides hospital, specialty, primary, emergency, outpatient, research, and medical education services through an integrated care network. It serves patients, families, clinicians, students, researchers, and communities across southern New Jersey. Its operating model centers on academic medicine and community care supported by physician practices, clinical institutes, technology, facilities, and centralized operations. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, research, education, technology, facilities, administration, and patient care. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.
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