Clinical Assistant- Guthrie Cancer Center-Per Diem

Clinical Assistant–   Cancer Treatment Center ( Per Diem)

Deliver Compassionate Care and Make a Difference Every Day!

Guthrie Cancer Center is seeking a  Per Diem Clinical Assistant to join our dedicated team serving Corning, NY, and nearby communities. 

If you're passionate about helping patients and want to build a rewarding career in healthcare, this would be your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

The Clinical Assistant provides both clinical and administrative support within an outpatient practice. This position works closely with providers, patients, and care teams to deliver high-quality patient care while maintaining efficient office operations. Responsibilities include obtaining patient information, assisting with examinations, coordinating care, scheduling appointments, and supporting day-to-day clinical activities

Your Workday:

Per Diem- Flexible Scheule 

What You’ll Receive: 

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Career development and advancement opportunities
• Tuition assistance programs
• Employee wellness and support resources

        Recognized Excellence:

• Best Places to Work 2025 - Modern Healthcare
• America's Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare 2025, 2026 - Newsweek
• America's Best-In-State Employers (PA) 2025 - Forbes 
• America's Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals 2025 - Forbes 
• America's Best Employers for Women 2025 – Forbes

Corning Cancer Center:

The Corning Cancer Center provides care for patients facing cancer diagnoses and treatment. As a Clinical Assistant, you would play an important role in supporting patients throughout their care journey, helping create a positive experience during a challenging time. Guthrie's cancer program features board-certified, fellowship-trained cancer specialists, including medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists who work together to provide comprehensive cancer care. This allows Clinical Assistants to gain experience in a highly specialized and collaborative healthcare environment. 

Position Summary: 

Assists in all aspects of office operations to include reception, patient interaction, scheduling patients, venipuncture for labs, and patient vital signs.  Assigning ICD‐10 codes to patient charts, working with reimbursement programs and precertification’s for drugs, testing and treatments.

Education, License & Cert: 

Graduate of an approved clinical/medical assisting program or High School Diploma with prior clinical assistance experience. Basic Life Support encouraged but not required.

Experience: 

Prior experience as a clinical assistant preferred or experience with patient care in or outside of the office setting.

Essential Functions: 

• 1. Supports providers, nurses, and other cancer center staff with patient care. 
  • a. Directs patients to and from examining room and prepares patients for examination by provider and follow up infusion as required. 
  • b. Obtains vital signs, heights, and weights and documents in correct patient charts. 
• 2. Performs routine phlebotomies on patients scheduled for lab work. 
  • a. Obtains labs and results and promptly gets them to ordering provider. b. Performs good infection control practices. 
• 3. Maintains patient charts and ensures appropriate documentation.   
  • a. Ensures all documentation is complete in patients’ charts. 
  • b. Helps answer telephone calls from patients, directs calls as needed, and documents call and intervention in patient chart. 
• 4. Ensures appropriate stock of supplies, equipment, and linen in patient exam rooms. 
  • a. Stocks exam rooms and medication room with supplies. 
  • b. Distributes laundry daily to exam rooms and changing area. 
• 5. Obtains preauthorization on medication, procedures, and testing as required. 
  • a. Ensures authorization is completed on all required testing and medication prior to date of medication, procedure, or test.

Pay ranges from $17.40-$25.66 per hour based on experience

Other Duties: 

Other duties as assigned.

Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.