Medical Assistant II - Rheumatology

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical premiums

Generous time off

Longevity Pay

Retirement/pension plan

Job summary

UTHealth Houston in Houston, TX invites applications for a Medical Assistant within the Department of Rheumatology. This full-time role supports a collaborative clinical team and contributes to safe, efficient patient care.

You will assist physicians and healthcare professionals while helping patients navigate their care journey with compassion. The position emphasizes routine procedures, patient flow, and clerical support, fostering growth within a leading academic medical center committed to

Qualifications

• Must hold BLS certification by American Heart Association (AHA).
• CMA, RMA, CCMA, or NCMA certification required or equivalent.
• High school diploma or equivalent; MA training program or 1 year of experience with certification may substitute.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties to promote quality patient care and customer service.
• Plans for patient visits, ensuring schedules, test results, and clinic requirements are ready.
• Rooms patients and documents chief complaint, vitals, meds, allergies, smoking history, etc.

Education

BLS certification (AHA)

CMA certification (AAMA)

RMA certification (AMT)

CCMA certification (NHA)

NCMA certification (NCCT)

High school diploma or equivalent

Medical Assistant training program or 1 year experience (plus certification)

Job description

Join the UTHealth Department of Rheumatology as a Medical Assistant and make a meaningful impact on patient care in Houston, TX. In this full-time role, you will be an essential member of a collaborative clinical team, providing support that helps ensure patient care is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, and efficient. Working alongside physicians and healthcare professionals, you will contribute to delivering exceptional care while helping patients navigate their healthcare journey with compassion and professionalism. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic academic medical center dedicated to improving health and advancing medicine.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. 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!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary

Functions as a member of 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

• Performs responsibilities in a manner that promotes quality patient care and customer service/satisfaction.
• Effectively participates in planning and preparing for patient visits ensuring appropriate schedules, test results, and clinic specific requirements are available.
• 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.
• 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.
• Prepares and stocks rooms (daily/weekly) and clinic supplies in advance of clinic visit as well as cleaning rooms appropriately between patients.
• Prepares for and assists with routine and specialty procedures.
• Schedules patients for follow up appointments or referrals and performs routine clerical duties for team and staff to include photocopying, scanning and faxing.
• Performs telephone messaging and in person screening with appropriate follow up.
• Responds to emergency situations.
• Respects and maintains privacy and confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills

• Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) required or
• Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by American Medical Technologist (AMT) required or
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) required or
• National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing required

Minimum Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program OR one (1) year of experience (in addition to the one year of experience required to meet the experience requirement) AND certification may be substituted for Medical Assistant training program.

Minimum Experience

One year of related experience

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code

• 51.215 and Texas Government Code
• 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
• 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
• 791.4. Veteran Information:

Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 001260, 4N0X1, 68W, 18D, 68C, 4T0X1, 4A0X1,

For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs.

Residency Requirement

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.