Medical Assistant / Medical Front Office

Company: NextCare
Location: Avondale
Posted on: June 15, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description****4,500 Bonus Opportunity****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 twelve states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming) and over 155 urgent care clinic locations, we offer exceptional, affordable care to patients across the country. At NextCare, we constantly strive to provide you with the highest degree of caring, growth, integrity, results and teamwork. These essential core values form the foundation of our relationships with patients, customers, investors, partners and one another. Extraordinarily high-performance standards serve as critical guides for making important clinical and business decisions. The expression of these standards is evident in our behavior, our attitude, and our approach to our daily work. The product of our strict adherence to core values is the ability to harness tremendous organizational energy to achieve our goal of upholding the highest standard for quality and service within the high access healthcare. This unique combination of values, performance standards and commitment serves as the key to our success. What we are looking forNextCare Urgent Care is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Medical Assistant / Patient Service Specialist (Medical Front Office Receptionist) 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. LocationTo join our team in Avondale, AZ ResponsibilitiesThe Medical Assistant / Patient Service Specialist (Medical Front Office Receptionist) is a dual role of being the first point of contact for patients in the clinic while supporting front office functions, as well as caring for patients in a Medical Assistant capacity while supporting back office functions. The Patient Service Specialist keeps patients and families informed of wait times, monitors the flow of patients, processes patients for discharge including preparing charges, collecting payment, obtaining all necessary signatures and issuing receipts.The Medical Assistant performs patient care duties under the Medical Assistant scope of practice in the urgent care setting. How you will make an impactThe Medical Assistant / Patient Service Specialist (Medical Front Office Receptionist) 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:In Arizona: Education: Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent; and

• Completion of an Approved Medical Assistant Training Program; ora. a medical assisting program accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health; orb. a medical assisting program accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES); or c. a medical assisting program accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or d. a training program offered by a Medical Doctor that meets or exceeds the requirements of an accredited program.
• Completion of an unapproved medical assistant training program and passage of the medical assistant examination administered by either the American Association of Medical Assistants or the American Medical Technologists.In Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming: Education: Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent; and
• Completion of an Approved Medical Assistant Training Program; ora. a medical assisting program accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health; orb. a medical assisting program accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES); or c. a medical assisting program accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or d. a training program offered by a Medical Doctor that meets or exceeds the requirements of an accredited program.
• Completion of an unapproved medical assistant training program and passage of the medical assistant examination administered by either the American Association of Medical Assistants or the American Medical Technologists; or
• One year experience working as a medical assistant or other similar healthcare role; or
• Completion of a United States Armed Forces medical services training program; or
• Completion of a program comparable to a medical assisting program.Certification (applies to all states employed): Current healthcare professional level CPR certification issued by American Heart Association, American Red Cross, American Safety Health Institute or National Safety Council. Experience: Typing and computer proficiency in Windows based software. Skills: Ability to multi-task, provide quality customer service, prioritize and critical thinking in a fast paced environment Valued But Not Required Education, Experience and Skills:Education: Medical Administrative Assistant Certificate or equivalentExperience: Prior experience working in an emergency department, urgent care or clinical setting Benefits: NextCare offers full time employees medical, health savings account, NextCare employee visit program, 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. Equal Opportunity StatementNextCare Urgent Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.#XRAY4

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