Medical Assistant / Medical Front Office

Nextcare-Urgent-Car; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Job summary

NextCare Urgent Care in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Medical Assistant / Medical Front Office to support both clinical and front desk operations in a fast-paced urgent care setting.

You will assist providers with exams, perform patient care tasks, handle front desk duties, manage EMR/EHR, schedule, collect payments, and ensure smooth patient flow. A high school diploma and completion of an approved MA program or equivalent with national certification is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent; AND
• Completed an APPROVED (accredited) Medical Assistant training program.
• OR Completed an UNAPPROVED (non-accredited) MA program AND a National Certification (CMA/RMA/CCMA)

Responsibilities

• Assist provider with exams, including patient vitals, and procedures under supervision.
• Administer medications per policy and provider direction following safety protocols.
• Perform blood draws and urine collection for testing as directed.
• Support front office with patient flow, collect payments, and prepare discharge charges.
• Proficient use of EMR/EHR in daily duties.
• Handle general duties in urgent care, including wound care and basic procedures.

Skills

EMR/EHR proficiency

Front office coordination

Medical assisting

Education

High school diploma or GED

Approved Medical Assistant training program

National Certification (CMA/RMA/CCMA)

Tools

EMR/EHR systems

Job description

Medical Assistant / Medical Front Office

#26-897

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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.

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

The Medical Assistant will be caring for patients in the following capacity:

• 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:

ARIZONA

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

Benefits

• 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
• paid time off
• 401(k) Plan benefits
• shift differential benefits
• Benefits are offered per policy and plan rules

Position Type

Full-time

Shift

Variable

Can range 8am to 8pm

Workplace Type

Onsite

Address

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NextCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

EEO is the Law