Full-Time
Medical Practice Assistant
Updated on 9/12/2026
Cooper University Health Care
Academic health system
Compensation Overview
$18 - $29/hr
Voorhees Township, NJ, USA
In Person
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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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, vital signs, venipuncture, capillary procedures, and injections.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Graduation from a post-secondary medical assisting education program accredited by an NJAC 13:35-6.4-approved certifying body.
- 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 multitask in a fast-paced environment and adjust to patient volume.
- Organizational, written and verbal communication, and teamwork skills.
- Provide medical assistant care under the supervision of physicians, providers, and registered nurses in ambulatory settings.
- Greet patients and guests using AIDET, provide a positive service experience, support patients, communicate delays, and offer appropriate alternatives.
- Perform administrative duties including rooming patients and documenting vital signs, pain, reason for visit, medication review, and social, surgical, family, and medical histories.
- Complete electronic medical record in-baskets and telephone communication, send MyChart messages, and document in the medical record.
- 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 across the healthcare continuum.
- Perform and document patient outreach, callback messages, 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 authorizations for medications, procedures, and testing.
- Communicate with multidisciplinary team members and patients while following regulatory standards and the Code of Ethical Conduct.
- Work at other ambulatory offices when assigned based on patient volume.
- Perform other duties assigned by the manager.
- Epic experience.
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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