Per Diem Medical Assistant Ambulatory - General Surgery Clinic

University-Medical-Center-of-Southern-Nevada; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid pension plan (NevadaPers

Competitive salary & benefits package

Job summary

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas seeks a Medical Assistant to perform routine clerical and clinical tasks within the clinic, assisting physicians and other licensed providers to deliver cost effective, quality patient care.

Education and experience include graduation from a recognized medical assistant program with one year of ambulatory/clinical experience. BLS certification is required; some roles may require an Office Lab Assistant license within 60 days of hire.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized medical assistant program is required.
• One year of medical assisting experience in an ambulatory/clinical setting is required.
• BLS certification is required; some roles may require an Office Lab Assistant license within 60 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine clerical and clinical tasks within the clinic.
• Assists physicians and other licensed providers to provide cost-effective, quality patient care.
• Supports front desk and back-office operations including scheduling, insurance verification, and referrals.

Skills

Front desk experience

Back-office experience

Insurance eligibility & benefits

Referral requirements

Specialty surgical clinic experience

Bilingual preferred

CPR knowledge

General office equipment

Medical terminology

Data entry

Education

Medical Assistant certificate

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN (NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary: Performs routine clerical and clinical tasks within the clinic, assisting physicians and other licensed providers to provide cost effective, quality patient care.

Education/Experience: Graduation from a recognized medical assistant program and one (1) year medical assisting experience in an ambulatory/clinical setting.

Licensing/Certification Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA). Some position may require an Office Lab Assistant License within sixty (60) days of hire.

• - Minimum of one (1) year of front desk experience in a clinic
• - Minimum of one (1) year of back-office experience supporting a surgeon
• - Knowledge of verifying insurance eligibility and benefits
• - Knowledge of insurance-specific referral requirements
• - Experience in a specialty surgical clinic (General Surgery, Bariatric, Urology, Surgical Oncology, ENT, etc)
• - Bilingual preferred

Knowledge of: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; operation of general office equipment; basic medical terminology; basic mathematics; medical equipment; and universal precautions; knowledge of referral processing, scheduling, data entry; knowledge of software applications; department and hospital safety practices; patient rights; infection control practices and policies; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age specific patient care practices.

Skill in: Procuring specimens through nasopharyngeal or oral swabs according to established procedures; vaccination activities; injection and aseptic technique; performing noninvasive procedures ie EKG; processing Point of Care testing; skill in supporting clinical team and patients to achieve annual wellness care and transitional care documentation; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Requires to test people for COVID-19. It will require long lengths of standing, and will require those running the tests to swab patients and send in their swabs for testing. Employees will all wear PPE while testing patients. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.