Medical Assistant I - Temp/Cas Float

Job Title

Medical Assistant I - Temp/Cas Float

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

Primary Care & Rural Medicine

Proposed Minimum Salary

$15.85 hourly

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Temporary/Casual Staff (Fixed Term)

Job Description

Join us at the Department of Primary Care & Rural Medicine at Texas A&M University and be a part of something extraordinary!

Glimpse of the Job

Are you ready to bring your skills to a team that transforms patient experiences? Join our Primary Care & Rural Medicine team and bring your expertise to support patients in our outpatient clinics. As a Medical Assistant I, you'll be at the heart of patient care, performing essential tasks like measuring vital signs, recording patient medical histories, and administering immunizations or injections. Additionally, you will help maintain the cleanliness and safety of our exam and treatment rooms.

What you need to know

• Salary: Starting at $15.85/hr.

• Location/Schedule: This is temporary, part-time position that will float between the Women's Care and Navasota Clinics as needed. This position may require up to 50% or more travel, and the flexibility to work beyond normal office hours and/or weekends.

Requirements:

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience: Two years in a medical office, hospital, nursing home, or home health setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: Clinical setting experience

• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification and Medical Assistant Certification

Some of the Responsibilities Include:

• Patient Care: Provides patient care activities on a daily basis, transfers patients from reception to patient care areas, measures vital signs, interviews patients for medical records, assists and chaperones physician during exams or procedures, administers injections, dispenses medications, transfers specimens, documents testing and lab results in medical records, and documents other activities in the electronic medical records.

• Clinic Responsibilities: Ensure cleanliness of exam and treatment rooms, exam tables, counter tops, and doorknobs to prevent spread of infection in patient care areas, stocks patient care rooms and nurses' stations weekly and as needed, participates in documentation of patient care, updates health information in electronic medical records.

Are you Ready to Make a Difference?

Apply to join our dedicated team where your skills and passion for helping others are highly valued, and teamwork is at the core of everything! A cover letter and resume a re strongly recommended and will help in our review. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section.

I nstructions to Applicants : Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.