Medical Assistant
HCA Houston Healthcare · Houston, TX · 4 days ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
What you will do in this role
- Schedules and cancels patient appointments
- Checking-in and checking-out patients
- Enters charges and payments
- Answers the telephone
- Verifies patient insurance and demographics
- Collection of co-payments/coinsurance and personal balances
- Performs selected administrative duties and assists nursing staff
- May collect patient specimens
- May administer injections and assist with lab testing and phlebotomy
- May apply casts, splints, and dressings, as applicable
- Takes patient histories and vital signs
- Prepares exam and treatment rooms with necessary instruments
- Prepares and maintains supplies and equipment for treatments, including sterilization
- Assist physicians in preparing for minor procedures and physicals
- Perform other duties as required
Qualifications
- Medical Assistant Certification required. Acceptable certifications are RMA, CCMA, CMA, NCMA, or NCRMA certification/ABR-OE credentials are acceptable
- Medical Assistant Program
- One year of Medical Assisting or other direct clinical patient care experience in a healthcare setting
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts