As a night shift medical assistant, your job is to work overnight to provide health care and treatment to each patient in a clinical facility. In this role, you may provide supervision for patients who need extra attention, administer medicine, or perform clerical work to help the office catch up on paperwork. Night shift medical assistants may help schedule emergency checkups, measure vital signs, or organize paperwork. You may work in a specialized facility, such as an outpatient surgical center, which requires additional, workplace-specific skills. Unlike most employees at healthcare facilities, medical assistants provide both administrative and health care services, so you may be asked to switch between the two roles as needed.