US Heart and Vascular is in need of a full time Medical Assistant Float to join our HeartPlace team in the East Dallas/Fort Worth area, generally located in the Collin and Dallas Counties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides excellent customer service and the highest quality patient care.
• Assists patient to exam rooms.
• Takes patient vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, weight, etc.)
• Verifies and inputs patient medications into EMR. Making changes and additions as needed to the medication list.
• Responsible for EKG, rhythm strip, and signal average EKG hook-ups and printouts (Proficiency Required)
• Assists physicians with patient exams as needed.
• Responsible for Holter monitor hook-ups and removals, event recorders and Loop recorders. (Proficiency Required)
• Ability to perform stress tests as needed and to assist in test interpretation.
• Maintains cleanliness and supplies in patient exam rooms.
• Takes pharmacy phone calls, reviews charts, and calls in prescription refills.
• Monitors pharmacy samples, removing from stock as expired.
• Receives and returns phone calls from patients and other external sources. Receives and returns portal messages in the EMR.
• Pulls patient charts when necessary.
• Uses the computer for patient inquiry and scheduling.
• Follows all OSHA and other safety guidelines.
• Maintains current CPR and Medical Assistant certification.
• At all times protects the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) of patients per HIPAA regulations; does not normally have business need for seeing PHI of employees.
• Actively demonstrates teamwork at all times.
• Performs other duties as required.
• May also be responsible for insurance precertification, prior authorization, procedure/surgery scheduling and coordinating transfers and admissions.
• Works onsite within the clinic during scheduled hours. Regular attendance is an essential part of this role.
• May be required to move between locations as needed.
  

Requirements:

• Education/Experience: High school diploma or Texas accredited GED
• 1 year of Medical Assistant experience.
• Current Medical Assistant certification.
• Current BCLS certification.
• EKG Experience required.
• Cardiology practice experience preferred.
• Fluently speaks, reads, and writes English.