Medical Assistant

About the role

HSC Health Pediatrics is seeking a compassionate Medical Assistant to join our dynamic team of healthcare providers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

This role requires a candidate with strong organizational skills, a wide set of interests and skill set, and strong interpersonal communication abilities. Candidate must exhibit compassion, understanding, the ability to work well in teams, and the ability to function in a fast-paced environment is critical for this position.

Responsibilities

• Measure patient vital signs as standard of care.
• Perform procedures, injections, and administer vaccines as ordered by the provider.
• All care documented in the electronic health record.
• Optimize patient scheduling by managing patient flow and providing access to care following standard Department workflows.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and properly dispose of contaminated or expired medical supplies.
• Perform and process routine laboratory tests and sample analyses as ordered by provider.
• Thoroughly complete provider orders, referrals, and insurance authorizations to ensure timely delivery of care and provide patient with educational material.
• Deliver culturally competent care that respects each patient’s individual beliefs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, completion of an accredited Medical Assistant Program and six (6) months of customer service experience.
• Maintains and enhances clinical skills and knowledge on a regular basis; keeps up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Team Skills: Seeks opportunities to accept ideas and help from coworkers to accomplish work goals; ensures smooth transition of important patient care information from one caregiver or department to another; is willing to share credit; appreciates differences in personalities; shows empathy.
• Accuracy/Attention to Detail: Consistently produces thorough and timely work; attentive to details; asks questions to accurately document information and update records; shows concern for every aspect of the job; ensures excellent communication and follow-up.
• Respect for Standard: Understands and respects the need for structured guidelines and protocols, willing to ask for clarification if something doesn’t make sense and could cause harm to a patient or result in less than an excellent level of care; demonstrates compliance with required standards.
• Customer Focus: Continually searches for ways to provide value-added solutions to customers; understands and anticipates customers’ needs and keeps customers’ needs in mind when making decisions; takes responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty; solicits customer feedback to ensure satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program required, and NextGen experience, and Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Medical Assistant Certification, and CPR (BLS) certification.

Skills

• Maintains and enhances clinical skills and knowledge on a regular basis.
• Keeps up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Seeks opportunities to accept ideas and help from coworkers to accomplish work goals.
• Ensures smooth transition of important patient care information from one caregiver or department to another.
• Willing to share credit.
• Appreciates differences in personalities.
• Shows empathy.
• Consistently produces thorough and timely work.
• Attentive to details.
• Asks questions to accurately document information and update records.
• Shows concern for every aspect of the job.
• Ensures excellent communication and follow-up.
• Understands and respects the need for structured guidelines and protocols.
• Willing to ask for clarification if something doesn’t make sense and could cause harm to a patient or result in less than an excellent level of care.
• Demonstrates compliance with required standards.
• Continually searches for ways to provide value-added solutions to customers.
• Understands and anticipates customers’ needs and keeps customers’ needs in mind when making decisions.
• Takes responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Solicits customer feedback to ensure satisfaction.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

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