Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant works cooperatively with care team to provide quality appropriate patient care, utilizing customer service skills throughout the patient care continuum. He/she works with the front office to ensure smooth patient flow and waiting room management.  Resolves moderately complex issues and defers appropriately to supervision. The Medical Assistant collects pertinent patient data and coordinates with provider and team for appropriate patient intervention.

Located in Henderson, Nevada, approximately twenty-five minutes from the notorious Las Vegas strip, Touro University Nevada is a non-profit medical, health sciences, and education graduate university focused on positively impacting our community in healthcare and education. Our values surrounding social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity are steadfast and are clearly visible in the actions of our students, faculty, staff, and graduates.

We invite you to apply to our position for consideration to join the ranks of our diverse, talented, and professional staff and faculty. Please visit the tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources website where you can see a comprehensive listing of optional benefits and Human Resources contact information.

1. Responsible for collection and documentation of patient information to include vital signs, chief complaint, review of medications, allergies, health risk screen information, status of extended care benefits and other services
2. Assist with phone calls. Document all calls and actions taken
3. Able to direct patients to the team member that would resolve issues prior to and after the primary care appointment
4. Participates in the monitoring of patients with chronic disease and extended care benefits including verification of eligibility and status of services
5. Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team to facilitate care
6. Assists RN/LPN with the coordination/completion of patient care plan
7. Assist co-workers with duties when requested, to include, but not limited to floating to other areas
8. Anticipates provider needs for patient exam or treatments
9. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Education/Experience: 

• Minimum 2 years of experience in an ambulatory care setting
• CPR Certification
• MA certification
• Current BCLS
• CLIA Certification
• Must be able to meet all health requirements prior to employment and periodically thereafter, as required by company policy/state regulations to verify that he/she is free from communicable disease and physically able to perform assigned duties

 Skills & Abilities:       

• Ability to perform complex MA tasks including test/treatments within the clinical scope.
• Ability to coordinate the consensus needed to achieve the medical plan for the patient
• Must possess computer skills-window-based applications and organization skills.