Medical Assistant

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Medical Assistant

• Department:

  81018-Neag Cancer Center JDH

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

  1st

• Search #:

  2027-168

• Closing Date:

  09/28/2026

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
• This position is in salary group UHP-03; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Medical Assistant to our Cancer Center team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

UConn Health is looking for a Medical Assistant with experience in acute healthcare and a passion for patient experience. This highly desirable day shift is in the award winning Neag Cancer Center in the UConn Health Outpatient Pavilion. This position will work in the Cancer Center clinics and may require providing coverage to other areas of the Cancer Center including the Infusion Room, Radiation Oncology, New England Sickle Cell Institute and Colon Cancer Prevention Program and the Adult Ambulatory Care Unit located in the CT Tower.

You must be currently registered as a Certified Medical Assistant at the time of application to be qualified for this position. LPNs and EMTs may qualify.

It is REQUIRED that you upload a copy of your current MA, LPN, or EMT credentials AND a copy of your current CPR or BLS Certification at the time of application. Please be prepared to upload a copy of the required documents.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Maintains smooth and efficient patient flow

May perform routine procedures i.e., vital signs, height, weight, visual acuity, urine testing, in accordance with protocols

Prepares patients and assists with exams and special procedures

Instructs patients as outlined for basic diagnostic procedures/ treatments/specimen collections

Refers patients to appropriate physician/nursing staff when special needs are identified

Reports pertinent observations to nurse and/or physician

Charts activities in the record

Participates in implementation of care plans

Attend interdisciplinary meetings

Prepares rooms and work area for clinics, including stocking rooms and carts

Inventories and equipment orders

Checks equipment and reports that which is malfunctioning

Answers phone and perform clerical work as needed

Performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

Knowledge of medical assisting practices

Knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, routines

Considerable interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills and ability to work under pressure deadlines and a rapidly changing environment.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

General Experience: MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant Program [CAAHEP or ABHES] and designation as a Certified Medical Assistant [CMA] by certifying body as determined by UConn Health

A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

A Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

American Heart Association (AHA) BLS (CPR/AED) Certification or formal training

Other CPR/AED credentials may be accepted at hire, but incumbents will be required to obtain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within six (6) months of hire and maintain during employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Working experience using EPIC

High volume ambulatory clinical experience

Hematology/oncology/infusion medical practice experience or outpatient clinical experience

WORKING CONDITIONS:

May be exposed to infectious/communicable diseases

Exposure to some chemical cleaning agents

Subject to long periods of standing

Considerable effort may be required in assisting/lifting patients.

SCHEDULE: This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts to work between 8:00 am and 5:30 pm, minor holidays are required, one-hour unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.