Fast-paced Cardiology practice seeking Medical Assistant for Telephone Triage. Practice located at 45/1960 in the North Houston area.
Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of Physician by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Answering phones and addressing patient's questions or concerns
• Refilling prescriptions based on the delegated and approved protocols by the physician and organization
• Assisting with clinical and procedures as needed
• Responsible for developing, recommending for approval, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining medical assistant plans, procedures, and policies to ensure the practice continually strengthens its competitive edge.
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, monitoring, and distributing all documentation associated with medical assistant plans, procedures, and policies.
• Responsible for maintaining an open communication line with all employees, customers, and vendors, while maintaining proper confidentiality, to ensure proper handling of all medical assistant issues that may arise.
• Responsible for maintaining all records and files associated with medical assistance.
• Responsible for maintaining an awareness of developments in the medical assistant field that relate to job responsibilities and integrating them into own practices.
• Develops, prepares, monitors and maintains special projects and programs as requested.
• Prepares daily, weekly, monthly and annual reports, analysis, records and databases for assigned area.
• Obtains, maintains or exceeds company productivity and quality policy.
• Interacts with other employees in a polite, courteous and productive manner.
• Responsible for adhering to established “Work Rules.”
• Responsible for maintaining a neat, clean and orderly work area.
• Interviews patients, measures vital signs, such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height, and records information on patients' charts.
• Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
• Drapes patients with covering and positions instruments and equipment.
• Hands instruments and materials to doctor as directed.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments.
• Operates electrocardiograph (EKG), ABI, stresses, and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic test or calls medical facility or department to schedule patients for tests.
• Gives injections or treatments, and performs routine laboratory tests.
• Schedules appointments, keeps diagnostic testing and other medical records, performs various tasks, and completes insurance forms.
• Keys data into computer to maintain office and patient records.
• Any other duties of a similar or lesser nature as required.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
None required. Will train the right person.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Database software; Internet software; Order processing systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
None required. CMA or EKG certification a plus.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability
• 401k Safe Harbor and Profit Sharing
• Paid holidays and time off
• Joining a fun environment with ongoing employee activities!