Medical Assistant - Outpatient Cardiology Clinic

Texas Children's Hospital • Austin, TX

6h • Onsite

About The Position

We are searching for a Medical Assistant with our Texas Children's Outpatient Cardiology clinic at the North Austin, TX location - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide patient care and excellent customer service in a healthcare setting. You will also assist in the coordination of flow and provider schedules to effectively manage patient care.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Think you’ve got what it takes?

Texas Children’s presence in Austin helps support a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood. Texas Children’s first health care location in Austin, Texas Children’s Urgent Care West Gate, opened in March 2018, providing high quality pediatric-focused care after hours and on weekends. There are now more than 15 Texas Children’s Pediatric primary care practices in the greater Austin area providing full-service family care including routine childhood immunizations, well visits, and sick care. Our Specialty Care Center in Austin includes a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists committed to providing comprehensive care across a wide spectrum of services. Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, is our new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families.
To join our community of more than 15,000 dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required
• Technical diploma - Graduation from a medical assisting or emergency medical technician program preferred
• Health care experience preferred
• Pediatric experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Welcomes and communicates effectively with patients, families, staff and physicians
• Takes vital signs per clinic scope
• Performs diagnostic test as per MD/provider order (i.e. - EKG, newborn hearing screens)
• Processes lab specimens and performs tests
• Documents telephone or prescription refill messages in the medical record and notifies provider to take action
• Turns over the exam room preparing it for the next patient visit
• Assures exam rooms are stocked with all patient care supplies, labeled and within expiration date
• Participates in planning optimal patient flow by monitoring provider schedules and communicating potential or actual problems

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED