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CMA - Columbus Family Medicine

Medical AssistantFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsible for providing a variety of patient care activities under the supervision of a physician, advanced practice provider (APP), or registered nurse in accordance with established guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

Responsible for providing a variety of patient care activities under the supervision of a physician, advanced practice provider (APP), or registered nurse in accordance with established guidelines and standards.

Qualifications

Education

  • H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Preferred and
  • Graduate of an accredited an accredited Medical Assistant program or completion of a Nursing Assistant program Required or
  • In Lieu of formal education program, one (1) year of medical assistant or related clinical experience Required
  • Work Experience
  • No experience required Required or
  • In lieu of degree one (1) year of medical assistant or related clinical experience Required
  • Licenses and Certifications

BCLS - Basic Life Support Required And

  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)-AAMA Certification from the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) or a similarly recognized certifying organization Required or
  • National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA)-NCTT Required
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Columbus Midtown

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Clinical supportMedical assistanceDocumentationClinical procedures

Family Medicine Career Context

In Georgia, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$197k (40 salary observations; 191 listings), vs ~$159k nationally (2,139 salary observations; 8,258 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Medical Assistant roles listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 46 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$164k
Typical market rent
$1,308/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.