UTHealth Houston·Houston, Texas
The Medical Assistant supports the clinical care team in a busy OB/GYN practice by performing patient rooming, documenting vitals, and assisting with specialty procedures. They also handle administrative tasks such as insurance verification, payment posting, and patient scheduling to ensure smooth clinic operations.
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The Medical Assistant working in our Ob/Gyn Memorial City clinic serves as an integral member of the clinical care team, supporting the delivery of safe, effective, patient-centered, and efficient care in a busy OB/GYN practice.
This full-time, on-site role assists with both clinical and administrative responsibilities, including ensuring medical necessity compliance, verifying insurance eligibility, posting payments, and coordinating patient care activities to support smooth clinic operations and an exceptional patient experience.
Join a supportive and collaborative team dedicated to providing high-quality women's healthcare in a welcoming environment.
Team members enjoy strong leadership support, free parking, provided uniforms, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through daily patient interactions.
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Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
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Functions as a member of the clinical team performing a supportive role in the delivery of patient care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. Position Key Accountabilities: 1. Performs responsibilities in a manner that promotes quality patient care and customer service/satisfaction. 2. Effectively participates in planning and preparing for patient visits ensuring appropriate schedules, test results, and clinic specific requirements are available. 3. Rooms patients consistent with clinic needs while determining and documenting chief complaint and reason for visit, vital signs, medication list, allergies, smoking history and other information as required by clinic. Keeps patients informed of delays and progress of clinical appointments. 4. As required and competency validated, performs appropriate hearing and vision testing, EKG, spirometry, point of care testing, specimen collection, equipment cleaning/reprocessing and other requested procedures. 5. Prepares and stocks rooms (daily/weekly) and clinic supplies in advance of clinic visit as well as cleaning rooms appropriately between patients. 6. Prepares for and assists with routine and specialty procedures. 7. Schedules patients for follow up appointments or referrals and performs routine clerical duties for team and staff to include photocopying, scanning, and faxing. 8. Performs telephone messaging and in person screening with appropriate follow up. 9. Respects and maintains privacy and confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines. 10. Performs other duties as assigned.
Candidates must have a high school diploma and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the AHA. Six months of experience or completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program is required.
Market context
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