Medical Assistant Jobs in Santa Cruz, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED/equivalent, with education verification or documentation as specified for the applicable state.
• Completion of an approved (accredited) Medical Assistant training program; or completion of an unapproved (non-accredited) program and national certification through AAMA (CMA), AMT (RMA), or NHA (CCMA).
• For applicants in states other than Arizona, an alternative qualification is completion of an unapproved Medical Assistant training program and at least one year of employment as a Medical Assistant after program completion, or verifiable work experience directly supervised by a provider or physician group for at least 2,000 hours or one year.
• Other Medical Assistant education or experience may be considered upon review and approval by the Compliance and Regulatory department.
• Proficiency with EMR/EHR systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist providers with examinations, including taking patient vital signs, procedures, and other direct-care processes under provider supervision and within the Medical Assistant scope of practice.
• Administer medications according to policy and provider direction, following applicable safety protocols.
• Perform blood draws as directed by the provider.
• Collect urine specimens for testing, including employer drug screens, as needed.
• Perform splinting and casting as needed.
• Conduct physicals, including sports physicals.
• Perform urgent-care duties such as ear lavage, wound care, and oxygen administration.
• Promptly notify the provider on duty of unusual patient occurrences, including medication events, and document them on an incident report.
• Promptly notify the Clinic Manager of patient or employee safety concerns.
• Follow laboratory and clinical accreditation policies and requirements.
• Use EMR/EHR systems proficiently.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or described by company policy.
• Perform moderate-complexity clinical testing in authorized disciplines, such as chemistry, hematology, and urinalysis, in accordance with the laboratory's COLA-approved SOP manual, where assigned.
• Perform and document daily instrument calibrations, quality control tracking, and corrective actions for out-of-range values before reporting patient results, where assigned.
• Maintain orderly, verifiable, audit-ready logs for pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical laboratory activities, where assigned.
• Participate in documented competency assessments semiannually during the first year of employment and annually thereafter, covering the six CLIA-mandated elements, where assigned.
• Test and document blind proficiency-testing samples as patient specimens and follow anti-commingling regulations, where assigned.
• Accession, process, and centrifuge specimens; evaluate sample integrity; and accurately enter results into the Laboratory Information System (LIS), where assigned.
• Recognize critical, life-threatening results and follow immediate notification protocols to the attending Texas healthcare provider, where assigned.
• When supporting front-office reception, keep patients and families informed of wait times and monitor patient flow.
• Process patients for discharge, including preparing charges, collecting payments, obtaining required signatures, and issuing receipts.
• Cross-train and perform front-office or back-office functions, or both, according to clinic staffing needs and business requirements.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Health savings account
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Basic life insurance
• Voluntary employee, spouse, and child life insurance
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Employee assistance program
• Critical illness coverage
• Accident coverage
• Legal benefits
• Identity theft benefits
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan benefits for employees of all statuses
• Shift differential benefits for employees in select positions