About the Role
Austin Regional Clinic is a growing professional medical group with over 35 locations in Central Texas, recognized as a top employer for over 15 years. We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our team and contribute to our mission of providing excellent patient care.
Responsibilities
- Room patients, take and document vital signs, and prepare patients for provider.
- Ensure completion of all necessary paperwork for new and established patients.
- Review provider refill in-baskets and assist with medication requests.
- Review EMR system triage in-baskets.
- Review result notes and inform patients of normal lab results.
- Coordinate pharmacogenomic testing.
- Help plan, organize, and direct the Pediatric Behavioral Health Department’s clinic and administrative support functions.
- Coordinate and streamline overall processes for Behavioral Health.
- Contact patients overdue for follow-up to assist with scheduling and address barriers.
- Follow up with at-risk patients to help keep them connected.
- Coordinate and manage provider schedules.
- Help connect patients to community resources.
- Coordinate care with other care teams.
- Ensure rooms are properly stocked with current and unexpired supplies.
- Administer medication under physician's direction and within scope of practice.
- Perform diagnostic testing such as EKGs, audiograms, typanograms, spirometry, and visual screenings.
- Post patient test results through MyChart.
- Clean patient rooms as needed, including proper handling of linens.
- Refill medication per ARC refill protocols.
- Assist providers with procedures by setting up equipment, assisting with patient preparation, and cleaning/storing equipment.
- Maintain equipment (autoclaves, sterilizers, washes speculums, checks expiration dates, etc.).
- Answer incoming phone calls to triage.
- Determine call acuity (low or high) by demonstrating strong listening skills.
- Assist patients in non-clinical situations if applicable.
- Forward calls to appropriate clinical staff if clinical intervention is needed.
- Track and handle ADD symptoms and questions, medication refill requests, referral questions, requests for lab/immunization records, requests for lab releasing to MyChart, lab results signed off by provider, general calls from pharmacies, and medication not covered by insurance.
- Utilize smart phrases when taking phone messages and routing calls.
- Train new employees.
- Assist in scheduling staff.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Meet one of the following: Medical Assistant experience, CNA/EMT/PCT (or comparable) providing direct patient care beyond ADLs including manual vitals and medication/injection administration, or graduate of a medical assistant program.
- Six (6) months or more experience as a Medical Assistant (Preferred).
- Experience working in a behavioral health practice (Preferred).
- 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.
- Ability to administer medications and injections within scope of practice.
- 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 and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with EMR systems.
- 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 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.
- Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable written and oral communication.
- Ability to apply common sense in performing job duties.
Skills
- Medical Assistant experience
- CNA/EMT/PCT experience
- Direct patient care
- Taking manual vitals
- Giving medications
- Giving injections
- Medical assistant program graduate
- Behavioral health practice experience
- Medical Assistant certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider CPR
- Administering medications
- Administering injections
- Medical terminology
- Organizational skills
- Phone listening skills
- Multi-tasking
- Customer service
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Teamwork
- Computer skills
- Keyboarding skills
- EMR systems familiarity
- Engaging others
- Listening
- Adapting response
- Aligning actions with team members
- Professionalism
- Understanding and recalling information
- Applying instructions
- Organizing thoughts
- Applying common sense
Location
- Central Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 6 months or more experience as a Medical Assistant (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.
