Medical Assistant Jobs in The Woodlands, TX

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of a Medical Assistant training program with a certificate; or 1–3 years of experience as a medical assistant, emergency medical technician, or certified nursing attendant with a valid certificate; or successful completion of the Northwell Health Medical Assistant training program.

Nice To Haves

• Experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with healthcare team members to coordinate and implement patient care plans; may record the reason for a visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
• Measure and document vital signs, height, and weight, and conduct screening procedures such as head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing.
• Collect specimens and assist providers with specimen collection using appropriate protocols, including infection control; complete requisitions, label specimens, and route them according to standard procedure.
• Perform and document daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed, and inform the supervisor when inaccurate controls are noted.
• Perform electrocardiograms and phlebotomy according to provider orders and follow infection-control standards, including hand hygiene, PPE use, isolation of patients with known infectious diseases, and equipment disinfection or sterilization.
• Assist physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations, following applicable infection-control, universal-protocol, and patient-identification procedures; prepare supplies and patients, provide instruments, hold patients when required, and assist patients after procedures.
• Maintain clean and orderly examination rooms, stock rooms and cupboards, maintain supply par levels, and complete required logs and equipment checks, including refrigerator, eyewash, sample medication, AED, and suction checks.
• For practices using paper medical records, may prepare charts before visits by ensuring required lab results and documentation are available for practitioner review.
• Perform clerical duties such as filing paper medical records, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, photocopying, answering phones, and supporting efficient patient flow.
• Perform related duties as required.