Medical Assistant

CP01 University System of New Hampshire; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The University System of New Hampshire is seeking a Medical/Clinical Assistant to support physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses within the Health & Wellness team in Durham.

Responsibilities include direct patient care (check-in, vitals, medication reconciliation), clinical support (immunizations, EKGs, phlebotomy, EMR data input), and administrative tasks (appointments, payments, faxes, and records). Strong EHR experience and computer skills are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum High School education; 1 year of medical/clinical assistant experience in a healthcare facility.

Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care (60%): patient check-in, vital signs, height/weight, medication reconciliation, allergy review, and documenting past medical history.
• Clinical Care (15%): in-house point of care testing, immunizations, EKGs, phlebotomy, EMR data entry and limited patient education.
• Administration (15%): scheduling, front-desk tasks, scanning, payments, prior authorizations.
• Quality Checks (10%): maintain clinical areas, stock rooms, cold-chain temps, infection control, and QA for point of care testing.

Skills

EHR experience

Proficient computers

Interpersonal skills

Education

High School diploma

Job description

As an integral part of the Health & Wellness team, this position supports physicians, nurse practitioners (or physician’s assistants), and nurses in the delivery of quality medical care and related administrative services.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care (60%) Performs patient check-in, vital signs, height, weight, medication reconciliation, allergy review, and documents past medical history.
• Clinical Care (15%) Perform a variety of clinical support functions, e.g., in-house point of care testing, administering immunizations, obtaining consent, EKGs, phlebotomy, wheelchair transport, crutch fitting, applying splints, peak flow measurement, spirometry, procedure set-up and assistance, inputting medical information in EMR, limited patient education, etc.
• Administration (15%) Perform various administrative tasks; register patients for their visits, e.g., assign faxes, make appointments, scan documents, answer phone/check voicemail, send/receive faxes, receive prior authorization for medications/imaging orders, obtain credit card/cash/check payments.
• Quality Checks (10%) Maintain clinical areas, receive and organize supplies, stock exam rooms, record refrigerator temp daily, general equipment maintenance, perform infection control procedures, and perform required quality assurance checks on point of care testing, etc.

Requirements

• Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience: High School One (1) year of medical/clinical assistant experience in a healthcare facility.
• Required Licenses & Certifications: Certified or Registered Medical Assistant Must be BLS/CPR certified
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Previous EHR experience. Proficient computer skills required. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, and the general public

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range: $15.49 - $25.35 The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources Location: Durham Are you an employee of KSC, PSU, UNH or the system office? Apply internally within Workday through the Jobs Hub app.

The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.