Senior Medical Assistant Woodridge Corpus Christi Texas

About the role

Explore rewarding opportunities for physicians, clinical staff and non-patient-facing roles. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Responsibilities

• Performs all duties at the expert level within the scope of a Medical Assistant's scope of practice
• Operates diagnostic equipment (cannot interpret tests)
• Removes staples from superficial wounds, changes wound dressing and obtains cultures
• Administers non-intravenous medication, performs simple specimen collection via non-invasive techniques and collects blood specimens via venipuncture or via capillary
• Performs EKGs
• Performs quality control checks on equipment
• Prepares and sterilizes medical equipment using the autoclave
• Sets up and organizes exam and treatment rooms, stocks, and cleans rooms and sterilizes instruments
• Gathers supplies as per provider direction. Ensures that supplies are available, stock is inventoried, log data is accurate and supplies are rotated
• Creates and maintains an environment that supports infection prevention
• Supports and follows Standard Delegation of Orders
• Promotes a positive work environment in which team members willingly serve each other
• Trains and mentors other MAs, including assisting with documentation questions
• Coordinates patient care as directed by provider, and policies/procedures
• Respects patient confidentiality at all times
• Requires little assistance with standard and non-standard requests and solves routine problems on own
• Delivers quality customer service
• Ensures policy and procedures are followed including infection control, privacy and confidentiality

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED equivalent
• Current BLS certification for healthcare providers (written exam and in-person assessment) at time of hire or within 30 days of hire
• 3+ years of experience as a certified MA or a combination of 5+ years certified and non-certified medical assistant experience (with a minimum of 2+ years certified)
• Expert in computer literacy in electronic health records
• Proven intermediate Excel skills
• Proven knowledge of medical terminology
• Mastered ICD-10 and CPT coding
• Proven excellent communication and customer service skills
• Demonstrated flexibility and nimbleness to adapt to change

Qualifications

• 1+ years of lead or supervisory experience
• Bilingual

Skills

• Ability to lift, push or pull >35 lbs. with assistance
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to use fine motor skills to operate equipment and/or machinery
• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing
• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving
• Occasionally requires exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Pay

The hourly pay for this role will range from $18.00 to $32.00 per hour based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.