About the Role
Austin Regional Clinic is one of central Texas’ largest professional medical groups with 35+ locations and is continuing to grow. We are seeking a Staff Medical Assistant to join our team.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and completely report and document status, care rendered, response to care, provider orders, and contacts with patients and/or other healthcare providers.
- Refill medication following the ARC refill protocols.
- Accurately and completely room patients, take and document vital signs, and prepare patients for provider examination.
- Follow clinic protocols and directions given by nursing team leader or supervisor.
- Perform diagnostic testing including EKGs, audiograms, tympanograms, spirometry, and visual screenings with appropriate reporting and documentation.
- Monitor inventory of medical and/or office supplies and equipment, ensuring proper stocking and that supplies are current and not expired. Order supplies as needed.
- Review Provider refill in basket and assist with daily medication refill requests using the ARC refill protocol.
- Review EPIC triage call in basket for any callbacks.
- Clean patient rooms as needed, including proper handling of dirty laundry.
- Ensure laundry cart is stocked with fresh linens daily.
- Assist providers with sigmoidoscopy exams and cardiac stress testing by setting up equipment, assisting with patient preparation, and cleaning and storing equipment after the exam. Report and document appropriately.
- Maintain equipment (autoclaves, sterilizes, washes speculums, checks expiration dates, etc.).
- Adhere to all company policies, including OSHA, HIPAA, compliance, and Code of Conduct.
- Maintain regular and dependable attendance.
- Follow the core competencies set forth by the Company.
- Work holiday shift(s) as required by Company policy.
- Provide patients with educational materials as directed.
- Administer medication under physician’s direction and within the scope of practice as demonstrated by completion of training and testing.
- Review result note in basket and call/inform patients of normal lab results.
- Review provider instructions regarding abnormal results.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Meet one of the following: Medical Assistant experience, CNA/EMT/PCT (or other comparable experience) providing direct patient care beyond Activities of Daily Living, including experience taking manual vitals and giving medications and/or injections, or Graduate of a medical assistant program.
- Six (6) months or more experience as a Medical Assistant preferred.
- Ability to administer medications & injections within scope of position within 90 days of hire.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent phone listening skills.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal & problem solving skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows.
- Ability to engage others, listen and adapt response to meet others’ needs.
- Ability to align own actions with those of other team members committed to common goals.
- Ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to perform job duties in a professional manner at all times.
- Ability to understand, recall, and communicate factual information.
- Ability to understand, recall, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
- Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
- Ability to apply common sense in performing job.
- Medical Assistant certification preferred.
- Current AHA approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card or within 60 days of hire required.
Skills
- Medical terminology
- Organizational skills
- Phone listening skills
- Multi-tasking
- Customer service
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving
- Teamwork
- Computer skills
- Keyboarding skills
- Windows familiarity
- Active listening
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Professionalism
- Recall and communication
- Instruction application
- Terminology organization
- Common sense application
Location
- Central Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- 6 months experience preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of a medical assistant program
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO
- 401(k)
- EAP
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Child Care Assistance
- Health & Fitness
- Sick Child Care Assistance
- Development
About the Company
- Austin Regional Clinic has been voted a top Central Texas employer by our employees for over 15 years!
- We are one of central Texas’ largest professional medical groups with 35+ locations and we are continuing to grow.
