Medical Assistant Urgent Care

NextCare; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) Plan

Shift differential benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

NextCare Urgent Care is seeking an energetic Medical Assistant to support exams, patient care, and front office duties in a fast-paced urgent care setting. You will assist providers, manage vitals, draw blood, and process discharges while ensuring patient safety and compliant care.

The role requires completing an approved MA program or equivalent with appropriate certification and experience in EMR/EHR systems, and a team-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an APPROVED (accredited) Medical Assistant training program.
• OR completion of an UNAPPROVED (non-accredited) MA program AND national certification (CMA, RMA, CCMA).
• If no accredited program, evidence of 1 year/2000 hours supervised work as MA or verifiable related experience.
• Other MA education or experience may be reviewed by Compliance and Regulatory.

Responsibilities

• Assists provider with exams and procedures and vital signs under supervision.
• Administers medications per policy and safety protocols.
• Performs blood draws and may collect urine for testing.
• May perform splinting, casting, and sports physicals.
• Notifies provider of unusual patient events and safety concerns.
• Proficient in EMR/EHR and clinic operations.
• Support front office reception when needed, including patient flow and discharge processing.

Skills

Patient care

EMR/EHR proficiency

Front office support

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or RMA or CCMA

Tools

EMR/EHR systems (e.g., EPIC)

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.

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

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

All Other States

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 ourCompliance 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.