Medical Assistant/NCT

NextCare•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Medical Assistant/NCT provides patient care services in a back-office setting to meet patients’ needs. The role performs radiology duties within the scope of practice and applicable company policies and state regulations, along with clinical duties defined by skills competency checklists. The employee assists providers with examinations and procedures under direct supervision, monitors and communicates changes in patients’ conditions, follows standing orders, and dispenses prescriptions and medications according to policy. The position also performs moderate-complexity clinical laboratory testing in authorized disciplines, such as chemistry, hematology, and urinalysis, following the laboratory’s COLA-approved standard operating procedures. Responsibilities include instrument calibration and quality control, maintaining audit-ready records, completing competency assessments and proficiency testing, processing specimens and entering results into the Laboratory Information System, and promptly notifying the attending Texas healthcare provider of critical results. The employee follows safety, environmental, infection-control, quality-assurance, laboratory accreditation, and regulatory requirements; participates in education programs and meetings; and may be cross-trained or assigned to front-office or back-office functions according to clinic staffing and business needs. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school graduate.
Graduate of an accredited radiology school and/or equivalent experience.
Current state radiology certification where required or a national radiology license.
Current healthcare professional-level CPR certification issued by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, American Safety Health Institute, or National Safety Council.

Nice To Haves

Recent experience in an emergency department, urgent care, or another clinical setting.

Responsibilities

Perform radiology duties within the scope of practice and in accordance with company policies and applicable state radiation rules and regulations.
Perform back-office clinical duties defined by the appropriate Skills Competency Checklists.
Comply with established policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Observe and communicate changes in patients’ conditions to the provider on duty.
Assist providers with examinations, procedures, and other direct patient-care processes under direct supervision.
Participate in the Daily Checklist and complete assigned duties needed to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations.
Participate in education programs and attend required meetings.
Follow standing orders and dispense prescriptions and medications according to policy.
Follow laboratory and clinical accreditation policies and requirements.
Treat patients and coworkers consistently with the NextCare Mission Statement, Vision, Values, and Performance Standards.
Perform moderate-complexity clinical testing in authorized laboratory disciplines in accordance with the COLA-approved SOP manual.
Perform and document daily instrument calibrations, quality-control tracking, and corrective actions for out-of-range values before reporting patient results.
Maintain orderly, verifiable, audit-ready logs for pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical activities in preparation for COLA surveys.
Complete documented competency assessments covering all six CLIA-mandated elements, semiannually during the first year and annually thereafter.
Test and document blind proficiency-testing samples as patient specimens, following anti-commingling regulations.
Accession, process, and centrifuge specimens; evaluate sample integrity; and accurately report data in the Laboratory Information System.
Recognize critical, life-threatening results and promptly follow notification protocols for the attending Texas healthcare provider.
Cross-train and perform front-office or back-office functions, or both, based on clinic staffing and business requirements.
Perform other related duties as assigned or described by company policy.