Clinical Float Pool Medical Assistant
Mercyhealth
Rockford, ILPer Diem$18.28–26.51/hrPosted 3mo agoStill listed today
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The Clinical Float Pool Medical Assistant supports clinic operations by preparing patients, assisting with examinations and procedures, handling scheduling and records, coordinating referrals, and maintaining supplies. The role requires an approved CPR or BLS certification within 90 days and medication injection training and pharmacology competency for medication administration. Graduation from an eligible medical assistant program is required; clinical-rotation experience is preferred.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Rooms patients, collects assessment data and prepares patient according to specific need.
- Assists in examination, treatment and other clinic procedures.
- Assists with laboratory procedures, screening tests and QI projects.
- Answers telephone and either responds to inquiry, directs caller to appropriate personnel, or initiates a triage slip for response by medical personnel.
- Schedules appointments and enters appointment date and time into computerized scheduler.
- Conducts reminder calls to all patients.
- Greet and directs patients, salespeople, and visitors.
- Registers patients by verifying that patient's record is up to date and accurate.
- Makes appropriate changes in computer system and on patient's chart.
- Coordinates referrals for patients through insurance and other physician offices.
- Collects payment from patients and issues receipt where applicable.
- Prepares and maintains patient charts.
- Maintains and orders supplies.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE Graduate of a medical assistant program accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), or graduate of a medical assistant program in a post secondary school or college that has institutional accreditation by a regional accrediting commission or by a national accrediting organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education, or a graduate of an educational program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), such as the National Healthcareer Association (NHA). Experience in a program with a clinical rotation preferred.
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.
Medication injection training and pharmacology is a required competency to perform medication administration.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES N/A
LEVEL OF SUPERVISION Some independent judgment is required, but decisions are limited by standard practices or procedures.
SUPERVISES N/A
PAY RANGE:
$18.28 - $26.51 Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more. Click here for more details.
At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including:
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#1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50
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One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
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A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women
How this job compares
Set against the 3,761 open Medical Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$18.28–26.51/hr
- Illinois median$21–33/hr65 hourly ranges
- US median$20–28/hr1,754 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $22.40/hr, is 18% below the Illinois median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Medical Assistant hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Medical Assistant jobs in Illinois and 3,761 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Advocate Health28 open
- Labcorp9 open
- Blessing Hospital6 open
- Experience
- Medical Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,622 postings).
- Education
- 20 of the 3,761 open Medical Assistant jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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