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Estimated Pay $38 per hour
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Alice, Texas

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Job Description

Job Description
General Summary
Provides patient care, performs patient and community education activities. Ensures all patient information is kept secure and confidential. Must have excellent communication and people skills and work well with others.

Primary Responsibilities
1. Demonstrates and maintains competency in THSteps Medical Checkup Periodicity Schedule for Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
2. Accurately obtains and documents pediatric patients measurements, full medical history including vaccine record, chief complaint, vital signs, visual acuity and hearing screening in the electronic medical record.
3. Administers and documents medications as per clinician orders, including but not limited to, intramuscular injections, subcutaneous injections, intradermal skin testing, topical medications, ophthalmic drops and nasal spray.
4. Performs and documents in-house laboratory procedures including but not limited to respiratory virus testing, urinalysis, pregnancy screening, hemoglobin A1c, and blood glucose monitoring.
5. Performs collection and labeling of laboratory specimens, including blood, stool and urine specimens.
6. Maintains medical equipment in accordance with training and manufacturers instructions.
7. Ensures examination and laboratory rooms are clean and stocked.
8. Reinforces patient education performed by the professional staff.
9. Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Work Experience
  • Must have medical office (private physician or public health clinic) experience.
Education/Certifications/Licensure
  • Must be a Certified Medical Assistant
  • Must have a valid driver's license and a safe driving record and be able to pass a pre-employment physical and a criminal history background check.
Skills
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) ability is preferred.
Physical Requirements
If a preliminary offer of employment is extended, a physical will be required before the offer can be accepted.

Light to medium physical duties include standing, walking, reaching, bending, talking for up to eight (8) hours a day. Must have good vision. Must be able to lift thirty-five pounds. Lifting will be primarily confined to occasional on-premises lifting of boxes of office supplies and minor office equipment. Non-physical demands include performing multiple tasks simultaneously, judgement decisions and working closely with others as part of a team.