Patient Care Assistant; Medical Assistant

Metro Infusion Center (affiliated with Metro Infectious Disease Consultants) is seeking a full-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to work at the clinic located in Austin, TX
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This Assistant’s responsibilities include all duties related to the back-office with occasional front desk duties. Responsibilities assigned to individuals can and will change at any time at the discretion of management or the supervisor.

• Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen.
• Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients.
• Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted.
• Other tasks as assigned by management.

• Filing of all scanned paperwork daily.
• Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day.
• Prepare travel chart weekly.
• Open and distribute mail, daily.
• Print schedule for following clinic day. Verify that all progress notes and super-bills are attached.
• Order office supplies.
• Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations.
• Page on consultations to physicians. Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension.
• Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines. If patient is new, directions should be given.
• Handle and process billing information daily.
• Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily.
• Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information.
• Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk.
• Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients.
• Process medical records requests.
• Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen.
• Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab. Document same in Medical Record.
• Ensure superbills are completed at visit end, including visit code, diagnoses and all labs ordered.

• Must have at least (1) one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting.
• Must be comfortable with back office responsibilities.
• High school Education or equivalent.
• Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19.

Requests for accommodations/exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws.

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

• $23-$24/hour