Medical Assistant II - Pediatrics ENT; Katy

Overview

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

This is an Exciting Opportunity to Join Our Expanding Pediatric Clinic in Katy! We’re growing — and we want you to grow with us! Our well-established pediatric clinic in Katy is expanding to meet the needs of our thriving community, and we’re looking for passionate, dedicated professionals to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a trusted practice that’s building on its strong foundation to serve even more families with exceptional pediatric care.

The Medical Assistant joining our Pediatric ENT clinic will assist the Otolaryngologists as they attend to pediatric patients. In addition to preparing for each clinic day and proactively communicating with providers/team members.

Once you join us you won t want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 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!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• 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!

Position Location: UT Physicians Pediatrics Multispecialty Clinic Katy, 23964 Katy Freeway, Katy, TX 77494

Schedule: Full-Time, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm

• 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.

• 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
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Health career Association (NHA) required or
• National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing required

High school diploma or equivalent

Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program OR one (1) year of experience (in addition to the one year of experience required to meet the experience requirement) AND certification may be substituted for Medical…