McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston · 9 hours ago
Medical Assistant III - Internal Medicine
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expUTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. The Medical Assistant III will support Cardiac Imaging Technologists, Registered Nurses, and Cardiologists, ensuring quality patient care and assisting with clinical operations.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Performs responsibilities in a manner that promotes quality patient care and customer service/satisfaction
Effectively participates in planning and preparing for patient visits ensuring appropriate schedules, test results, and clinic specific requirements are available
Rooms patients consistent with clinic needs while determining and documenting chief complaint and reason for visit, vital signs, medication list, allergies, smoking history and other information as required by clinic. Keeps patients informed of delays and progress of clinical appointments
As required and competency validated, performs appropriate hearing and vision testing, EKG, spirometry, point of care testing, specimen collection, equipment cleaning/reprocessing and other requested procedures
Prepares and stocks rooms (daily/weekly) and clinic supplies in advance of clinic visit as well as cleaning rooms appropriately between patients
Prepares for and assists with routine and specialty procedures
Schedules patients for follow up appointments or referrals and performs routine clerical duties for team and staff to include photocopying, scanning and faxing
Performs telephone messaging and in person screening with appropriate follow up
Responds to emergency situations
Respects and maintains privacy and confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Certified Medical Assistant with a minimum of three years of experience in both front office and back-office clinical operations
BLS certification is required
Strong computer skills
Experience with EPIC
Commitment to delivering exceptional customer service
Use and care of standard clinic equipment
Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) required or
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologist (AMT) required or
National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing required or
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) required or
Certification may be substituted for Medical Assistant training program required
High school diploma or equivalent
Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program OR one (1) year of experience (in addition to the three (3) years of experience required to meet the experience requirement)
Three years of experience in a healthcare setting
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas
Preferred
Candidates who are bilingual in Spanish are strongly preferred
Benefits
100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
Free financial and legal counseling
Free mental health counseling services
Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
Resources for child and elder care
Plus many more!
Company
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston
The School of Biomedical Informatics is the first school in the country devoted exclusively to graduate programs in health and biomedical informatics, combining information science, engineering, computer science, medical science, and cognitive and social science in health care.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase