Medical Assistant

NextCare; Derby (KS); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Health Savings Account

401(k) Plan

Paid time off

Dental & Vision

Job summary

NextCare Urgent Care is seeking a proactive Medical Assistant to support patient care in a fast-paced clinic. You will assist providers, perform routine procedures, draw blood, collect specimens, and help with front desk duties to ensure smooth patient flow.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, completion of an approved MA program, or relevant certifications (CMA/RMA/CCMA). Experience with EMR/EHR is preferred; training will be provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Education: minimum high school diploma or equivalent and completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program.
• Or completion of an unapproved MA program plus CMA/RMA/CCMA certification.
• Or unapproved MA program with 1 year or 2000 hours supervised by Provider/Physician Group.
• Other MA education/experience may be considered upon Compliance review.

Responsibilities

• Assist provider with exams, vitals, procedures in direct patient care under supervision.
• Administer medications per policy and safety protocols.
• Perform blood draws as directed by Provider.
• May perform urine collection for testing including drug screens.
• May splint and cast.
• Conduct sports physicals and urgent care tasks.
• Notify provider of unusual patient events and safety concerns.
• Follows lab and accreditation policies; proficient in EMR/EHR.
• Support Front Office duties as needed (discharge processes, payments, signatures).
• Ensure patient flow and front desk operations run smoothly.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

EMR/EHR proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Approved Medical Assistant training program

National certification (CMA/RMA/CCMA)

Tools

EMR/EHR systems

Job description

NextCare Introduction

NextCare strives to be the leader in high access healthcare, offering urgent care, occupational health, virtual health and primary care services to our patients. With offering services in eleven states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming) and over 165 urgent care clinic locations, we offer exceptional, affordable care to patients across the country.

NextCare Introduction

NextCare strives to be the leader in high access healthcare, offering urgent care, occupational health, virtual health and primary care services to our patients. With offering services in eleven states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming) and over 165 urgent care clinic locations, we offer exceptional, affordable care to patients across the country.

At NextCare, we constantly strive to provide you with the highest degree of caring, growth, integrity, results and teamwork. These essential core values form the foundation of our relationships with patients, customers, investors, partners and one another. Extraordinarily high-performance standards serve as critical guides for making important clinical and business decisions. The expression of these standards is evident in our behavior, our attitude, and our approach to our daily work. The product of our strict adherence to core values is the ability to harness tremendous organizational energy to achieve our goal of upholding the highest standard for quality and service within the high access healthcare. This unique combination of values, performance standards and commitment serves as the key to our success.

What We Are Looking For

NextCare Urgent Care is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Medical Assistant that likes the challenge of a fast pace setting and working in a team environment. We are looking for customer-friendly and passionate employees to be a part of our growing organization where patients and employees are our top priority.

Responsibilities

• Assists provider with exams (including patient vitals), procedures and other processes related to direct patient care under direct supervision of the Provider and within the scope of practice of a Medical Assistant.
• Administers all forms of medications per policy and Provider direction and adheres to all safety protocols and procedures for medication administration.
• Will perform blood draws as per direction of the Provider
• May be responsible for urine collection for various testing to include employer drug screens
• May perform splinting and casting
• Conduct various type physicals such as sports physicals
• Performs other related duties specific to urgent care such as ear lavage, wound care and oxygen administration.
• Notifies the provider on duty promptly of all unusual patient occurrences including medication events on an incident report.
• Promptly notifies the Clinic Manager of patient or employee safety concerns.
• Follows guidelines and requirements of laboratory and clinical accreditation policies.
• Must be proficient in EMR/EHR
• Performs other related duties as assigned or described by Company policy.

As a Medical Assistant, you may also be asked to support Front Office Reception. When working in the front office you will perform such duties as: keeping patients and families informed of wait times, monitor the flow of patients, process patients for discharge including preparing charges, collecting payment, obtaining all necessary signatures and issuing receipts.

How You Will Make An Impact

The Medical Assistant supports the organization with customer service and treating all of our patients with respect and dignity. They ensure the clinic and front reception area is running smoothly and patient flow at the optimum, as well as provide patient care services in the back office medical setting, which will meet the specific needs of the patient.

Essential Education, Experience And Skills

Education: Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent; AND

• Completed an APPROVED (accredited) Medical Assistant training program.

OR

• Completed an UNAPPROVED (non-accredited) Medical Assistant training program AND a National Certification through one of the following:
• American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) - administers the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam and certification; or
• American Medical Technologists (AMT) -- provides the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) exam and certification to individuals who have completed the AMT criteria; or
• National Healthcareer Association (NHA)-administers the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) exam and certification

OR

• Completed an UNAPPROVED medical assistant training program AND was employed as a medical assistant for one (1) year or more after program completion OR must have VERIFIABLE work experience directly supervised by Provider or Physician Group for a minimum of 2000 hours or 1 year.

** Other MA education or experience may be considered upon review and approval from our Compliance and Regulatory department **

Benefits

• NextCare offers full time employees medical, health savings account, dental, vision, basic life, voluntary employee/spouse/child life, long term disability, short term disability, employee assistance program, critical illness, accident, legal, identity theft and paid time off benefits.
• Employees of all statuses are offered 401(k) Plan benefits.
• Employees in select positions are offered shift differential benefits.
• Benefits are offered per policy and plan rules.