***$2,000 Sign-On Bonus***

Position Summary

The Medical Assistant II promotes efficient, high-quality clinical practice by providing guidance through collaborating with the team to manage patient flow and communication. To deliver safe and appropriate patient care within the scope of practice and established policies and procedures, under the direct clinical support and supervision of a licensed professional.

Essential Duties

Assists with preparing patients for examination and may obtain patient medical history by accurately taking vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, and weight) and documents the results in appropriate systems and/or EMR. May review medication list. May perform spirometry and/or other pre-appointment testing and documents the results appropriately.

Performs clinical skills as guided by competency validation.

Implements plan for each clinic ahead of time to identify and anticipate potential clinic flow problems; Monitors master schedule; Resolves unexpected patient flow issues.

Coordinates telephone communication with patients, families, referring providers, and other members of the health team; utilize follow-up system to assure care follow up and coordination is accomplished; tasking by utilizing scripted callbacks relaying messages from the clinical licensed professional.

Responsible for administrative function to support clinic: manual billing, error correction, data entry, photocopying, prior authorizations, answering unit/clinic phone, taking phone messages, faxing, and obtaining records.

Provides and documents appropriate education to patients/families utilizing effective teaching skills, scripted teaches, and the National Jewish supportive materials as directed by a licensed clinical professional.

Precepts and orients new team members to their function in clinic.

May perform a variety of routine blood drawing procedures to include venipuncture techniques using standard equipment – including vacutainer tubes, tourniquets, syringes, butterfly needles and straight needles. Reporting of any adverse reactions to supervisor or nursing staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: High school diploma/GED and successful graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant (MA) program or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program.

Special Training, Certification, or Licensure: CPR/BLS required.

Work Experience: Minimum of six (6) months experience as a Medical Assistant at National Jewish Health or one (1) year recent experience from a health care organization or medical office as a Medical Assistant or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Benefits

At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset.
With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.

• Medical Plans, Dental Plans and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• FSA and HSA
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance and AD&D
• Voluntary Benefits, like Accident Insurance, Critical Care and Hospital Indemnity
• Sick and Vacation Paid Time Off
• Wellness Program
• Legal Plan

What to prepare

• Resume

Preferred dress code

Business casual (dress pants/skirt, button down/blouse, optional tie)

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