Medical Assistant II - Outpatient Urology Clinic

About the role

Works well in a fast-paced setting. Provides patient care and excellent customer service in a healthcare setting. Assists in the coordination of flow and provider schedules to effectively manage patient care.

Responsibilities

• Responds to customer questions with prompt information and/or services related to appointment status, wait time, or unanticipated problems
• Performs patient registration procedures per clinic process
• Utilizes the patient management system to mark the arrival of patients and opens accounts
• Changes status of all non-arrived patients daily to reflect canceled, no-show, or rescheduled status
• Prioritizes patients to be roomed based on appointment and arrival times and other clinic procedures
• Auxiliaries with the non-financial aspects of the inpatient admission process
• Auxiliaries with patient escorts and helps with paperwork as needed
• Auxiliaries in the collection and documentation of patient/family data which includes biophysical and psychosocial information according to clinic scope
• Reports abnormal or out of range data to RN or provider
• Ensures that requisitions have necessary clinical, demographic, billing, and payor information
• Maintains patient flow and fills in or assigns staff as necessary to avoid bottleneck and assure minimal patient wait time

Qualifications

• One of the following certifications are required: CCMA, CMA-AAM, EMT, EMT-A, EMT-B, EMT-I, EMT-P, LIC PAR, NRCMA, RMA, NCMA
• 2 years of related experience

Requirements

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

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About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children ’ s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Company

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.