Full-Time
Medical Practice Assistant
Updated on 9/15/2026
Cooper University Health Care
Academic health system
Compensation Overview
$18 - $29/hr
Moorestown, NJ, USA
In Person
May be asked to work at other ambulatory offices based on volume.
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- At least one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a medical assistant, or documented completion of an externship in a medical office.
- Experience with electrocardiograms, vital signs, venipuncture, capillary procedures, and injections.
- A high school diploma or GED.
- Graduation from a post-secondary medical assisting education program accredited by an approved certifying body under NJAC 13:35-6.4.
- Current certification from a recognized certifying board approved by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners.
- Current Basic Life Support or cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification through the American Heart Association.
- Ability to perform administrative, clinical, documentation, patient-support, and communication duties in ambulatory settings.
- Ability to multitask, adapt to patient volume, and work at other ambulatory offices when assigned.
- Ability to maintain regulatory standards and follow the Code of Ethical Conduct.
- Provide medical assistant care under the supervision of physicians, providers, and registered nurses in ambulatory settings.
- Greet patients and guests, provide service support, communicate delays, and offer appropriate alternatives.
- Room patients and document vital signs, pain, reason for visit, medications, social history, surgical history, family history, and medical history.
- Complete electronic medical record inbox tasks, telephone communication, MyChart messaging, and medical-record documentation.
- Obtain reports, results, and medical records.
- Complete insurance and disability forms, precertifications, 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 physician office, imaging, and laboratory appointments, including follow-up appointments and post-visit outreach.
- Perform and document patient outreach, message callbacks, MyChart communications, 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.
- Communicate with multidisciplinary team members and patients while upholding the organization’s mission, vision, values, and ethical standards.
- Perform other duties assigned by the manager.
- Experience with Epic.
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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