Medical Assistant - TB Control

Department: Health

Job Type: Classified
Job Classification: 5916 - Medical Assistant
Pay Range Hiring Range: $18.79 - $22.09 Per Hour
Pay Range: $18.79 - $25.38 Per Hour

The first review of applications will be on 08/21/2026. Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer; actual salary will consider skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

About the Role

The Medical Assistant performs administrative, clinical, and financial duties for the Pima County Health Department’s Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic. Provides assistance to physicians, physicians’ assistants, and nurse practitioners. Assists registered nurse case managers by testing patients’ vital signs, recording medical histories, taking blood samples, and ensuring patients sign consent forms prior to consultation with the case manager.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the clinic and equipment are cleaned, disinfected, and organized, and that activities comply with quality assurance practices, risk management, safety, and infection control procedures.
• Triages patients, takes vital signs, draws blood samples, performs CLIA-waived tests, and assists patients in completing mandatory information and consent forms prior to consultation.
• Assists case managers with examinations, medical procedures, and treatment of patients, including dispensing medication and providing information on TB treatment and prevention.
• Performs daily checks on the TB Air Monitoring System, room temperatures, and laboratory and medication refrigerators’ temperatures to ensure they are within the recommended optimal range.
• Performs administrative tasks including maintaining patients’ medical charts and files, arranging collection and delivery of laboratory samples and patient medication, monitoring and recording medication inventories, scheduling consultations, x-rays, and routine TB-related tests, and registering patients with emocha Health and Straight Talk Prevention Services.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Certification.
• Six (6) months of medical assistance work experience OR enrollment in a certified Medical Assistant (MA) Program or certification from a valid educational institute.
• Valid driver license is required at time of application; valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment.
• Successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review.
• Documented completion of a recognized Medical Assistant (MA) course or proof of current enrollment in such a program.
• Current Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification is required on the date of appointment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of Medical Assistant (MA) course.
• Experience working in an outpatient clinic setting performing administrative/front office tasks involving electronic medical records, phone, interpreter services, patient registration, scheduling, and coordination with medical entities.
• Experience in direct patient care, including collecting laboratory specimens, performing lab draws, EKGs, reconciling test results, patient procedure prepping, vital signs, inventory management, medical equipment use and maintenance, and performing CLIA-waived tests.

Special Notice

• This position may have a high risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens; TB screening, Hepatitis B vaccinations, safety training, and equipment will be provided.
• Employee must provide own transportation between facility locations.
• Some positions may require bilingual ability in English and a second language.
• Pre-employment background checks are required, including verification of work history, education, and criminal conviction history.
• Post-job offer proof of immunization(s), TB screening, physical, and/or drug screen may be required, including respirator fit test.

Physical/Sensory Work Requirements

• Constantly required to exchange accurate information and use fine motor skills for computer and healthcare equipment.
• Constantly required to observe details at close range.
• Occasionally required to move equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Activities include grasping, speaking in person and on the phone, and vision requirements such as distinguishing colors, depth perception, and peripheral vision.

Working Conditions

• Occasionally exposed to hazardous fluids and the risk of needlesticks.
• Occasionally exposed to communicable diseases.