Medical Assistant III (Procedural) - Pediatrics (Katy)

UTHealth Houston; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical premiums

Generous time off (vacation/holidays)

Longevity pay

Retirement/pension plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

UTHealth Houston is seeking a dedicated Medical Assistant to support multiple pediatric specialty clinics in the Katy, Texas area. The role involves assisting with in-office procedures, managing patient messages, coordinating care for children with complex needs, and ensuring adherence to clinical standards across specialties.

This is an onsite position at the Katy Clinic. The successful candidate will handle routine tasks, scheduling, and clerical duties while maintaining patient-centered care

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an approved Medical Assistant training program OR one year of experience and certification may be substituted for training.
• Three years of experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Promotes quality patient care and customer service/satisfaction.
• Plans and prepares patient visits with required schedules, results, and clinic requirements.
• Rooms patients and documents chief complaint, vitals, meds, allergies, and smoking history.
• Performs hearing/vision testing, EKG, spirometry, point-of-care testing, specimen collection and related tasks as competency is validated.
• Prepares and stocks exam rooms; assists with routine and specialty procedures.

Skills

Patient-care

HIPAA compliance

Vital signs

Clinic coordination

Education

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)

National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA)

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)

Job description

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.

Located in Katy, Texas, the Medical Assistant supports multiple pediatric specialty clinics by assisting with in-office procedures, managing patient messages and in-basket tasks, and helping coordinate care for children with complex medical needs. This role plays a vital part in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care while maintaining adherence to UT Physicians clinical standards and best practices across a variety of pediatric specialties.

Why Join Our Team?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new Pediatric Katy Clinic, expanding access to care for some of the community’s most vulnerable patients. With more than 15 pediatric specialties represented, the clinic offers a collaborative environment where team members can make a meaningful impact on patient care while supporting the growth of a brand-new, multidisciplinary practice.

Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (onsite at the Katy Clinic).

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:

• Use and care of standard clinic equipment.
• 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
• National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by National Center for Competency Testing required or
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by National Healthcareer Association (NHA) required or

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 three (3) years of experience required to meet the experience requirement) AND certification may be substituted for Medical Assistant training program.

Minimum Experience:

Three years of experience in a healthcare setting.

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.