Associate Medical Assistant, Grace Walk-in Clinic - Full time Details

Associate Medical Assistant, Grace Walk-in Clinic - Full time

Covenant Health - Lubbock, TX

Employment Type : Full-Time

Covenant Health is seeking a full time, day shift Associate Medical Assistant with the Walkin Clinic - Marsha Sharp Freeway Department at the Grace Clinic of Lubbock.

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Job Summary:

The Associate Medical Assistant (MA I) works under the delegation of a licensed practitioner to perform duties as directed to assist in providing basic patient care to assigned patients. Basic patient care needs will be met though both administrative and clinical duties. An Associate Medical Assistant (MA I) is expected to perform in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations.

Essential Functions:

• Greet and prepare patients for the practitioner. Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, presenting problem, and other medical information.
• Ensure confirmation of patient identity with each patient encounter.
• Document all interactions in patient's medical record.
• Under the delegation of a licensed practitioner and as appropriate per role and certification, obtain specimens, perform required testing, administer medications via oral, topical, optic, opthalmologic or inhaled routes; administer vaccines including combination or multi-dose vaccines.
• Under the delegation of a licensed practitioner, assist or perform point of care tests and clinical procedures as appropriate to scope of role and certification.
• Reinforce patient education, materials, and lab results (normal); return phone messages; all as directed by the licensed practitioner.
• Follows correct procedures for handling and disposing of bio-hazardous, infectious, and pharmaceutical waste.
• Perform administrative and/or clerical support duties for practitioner, other medical assistants, or clinic/location as directed. (ex: pre-authorizations, schedule appointments, referrals, clinic inventory and/or outdated medications/supplies, etc.)
• Works in a safe manner, adhering to general safety precautions and standards. Reports any unsafe conditions to their supervisor and/or the safety hotline.
• Consistently meet skill based competency expectations established for the organization.
• Actively participate in continuing education and clinic/location staff meetings and/or training.
• Assists with emergencies as needed under the direction of a licensed practitioner.
• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization and serve as an ambassador for the organization when interfacing with anyone outside the organization.

Minimum Position Qualification:

Education :

• Coursework/Training - Graduate of accredited school for medical assistants or alternate training program

Experience :

• Medical assisting experience in a clinic setting (0-6 months)

Licenses and Certifications:

• Required (AK, MT, OR, TX, NM): Incumbent must obtain certification within 180 days of hire: National Certification (AMCA, AAMA, AMT, NHA, NCCT, or NAHP)
• AHA accredited BLS within 30 days of employment

Preferred Position Qualifications:

Experience :

• 6 months prior experience providing a high level of customer service in a fast paced environment.
• 6 months previous experience in a healthcare setting working with an Electronic Health record (EHR)

Licenses and Certifications:

• Preferred upon hire (AK, MT, OR, TX, NM) - Active National certification/registration AMCA, AAMA, AMT, NHA, NCCT, or NAHP as a Medical Assistant as a Medical Assistant

Covenant Health is celebrating over 100 years of serving Lubbock and our South Plains region. As the oldest and largest health system in Lubbock and the region, we currently employ over 5,200 people with a medical staff of over 600 physicians.

For over 100 years, Covenant has been driven by a mission of providing a Christian ministry of healing and caring for the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Our vision and differentiator is we are the only faith-based, integrated health network in the West Texas/eastern New Mexico region dedicated to a Christian ministry of healing.

As an expression of our mission, we believe we hold an important Covenant with our patients and try and treat every interaction as Sacred Encounters.

Our ministry includes six hospitals with over 1,100 licensed beds:

Covenant Medical Center - CMC

Covenant Children’s

Covenant Specialty

Covenant Plainview - PLV

Covenant Levelland - LVL

Trustpoint (joint venture: Rehab Hospital of Lubbock)

Covenant Medical Group (CMG)

Covenant Health Partners

Hospice of Lubbock

Covenant Health's total service area includes 25 counties that covers most of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. The service area covers approximately 750,000 people and approximately 35,000 square miles.

Covenant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Covenant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Positions specified as “on call, per diem” refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled on as “as needed basis” to fill in for staff vacancies.

Company: Covenant Health

Category: Medical Assistant

Req ID: R337729