Medical Assistant - Ortho Clinic

Overview

Salary: $19.52 - $30.26 Hourly

Location:

Las Vegas, NV
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 26 - MDAO
Department: OP ORTHO CLINIC - 7223
Opening Date: 01/21/2026
Closing Date: 1/28/2026 12:00 AM Pacific

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EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE. As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.

Position Summary: Performs routine clerical and clinical tasks within the clinic, assisting physicians and other licensed providers to provide cost-effective, quality patient care.

Education/

Experience:

Graduation from a recognized medical assistant program and one (1) year of medical assisting experience in an ambulatory/clinical setting.
Licensing/Certification Requirements: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and Phlebotomy certification. Office Lab Assistant License within thirty (30) days of hire.

Additional Position Requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent experience as a medical assistant in an Ortho Clinic.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience performing preliminary physical tests, charting, and taking vitals.

Knowledge of: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; operation of general office equipment; basic medical terminology; basic mathematics; medical equipment; and universal precautions; knowledge of referral processing, scheduling, data entry; knowledge of software applications; department and hospital safety practices; patient rights; infection control practices and policies; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age-specific patient care practices.

Skill in: Procuring specimens through nasopharyngeal or oral swabs according to established procedures; vaccination activities; injection and aseptic technique; performing noninvasive procedures i.e. EKG; processing Point of Care testing; skill in supporting clinical team and patients to achieve annual wellness care and transitional care documentation; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions;

establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and

Working Conditions:

Requires to test people for COVID-19. It will require long lengths of standing and will require those running the tests to swab patients and send in their swabs for testing. Employees will all wear PPE while testing patients. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up-to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

Employer:

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Address:
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102

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