Primary Care Medical Assistant 1 , University Health Services

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University Health Services (UHS) serves the campus by providing a comprehensive campus-based health center providing fully accredited primary medical care, counseling and psychological services and innovative health promotion programs for students, faculty and staff. The UHS provides on-campus medical and mental health care and coordinates off-campus care through a network of community specialists and hospitals. Departments serving students include general medical, speciality and urgent care clinics, counseling and psychological services, laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy, radiology and health promotion.

In addition, the UHS administers a major medical insurance plan, the Student Health Insurance Plan. UHS provides services to students Monday through Friday from 8:00AM to 6:00PM and on weekends.

Approximately 65,000 visits occur annually including Primary Care, Urgent Care, Occupational Health, and Specialty Clinics. Services are designed to enable students to get the most from their educational experience, minimizing the impact of illness, injury and emotional distress on their academic careers. Medical care and wellness programs for faculty and staff are designed to meet their occupational health needs and minimize lost work time.

These visits generate ancillary encounters with the Radiology, Clinical Laboratory, Physical Therapy and Pharmacy departments. The Counseling and Psychological Services department sees an additional 15,000 visits per year.

Under direction and supervision, the Primary Care Medical Assistant supports clinicians and health care team members in providing for patient needs and rendering the best possible care.

The First Review Date for this job is September 18, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

• Greets patients, verifies eligibility, accurately completes registration of patients and verifies that compliance forms are complete.
• Schedules/reschedules patient appointments, using a computerized appointment system to maximize clinic efficiency. For Specialty Clinic:
  Schedules appointments for the speciality physicians.
• Able to set priorities in balancing clinical operations/clinician support with administrative duties.
• Directs or escorts patients as necessary. Assures that patients leaving the area have appropriate instructions, forms and referral information.
• Reviews incoming faxes and distributes to appropriate clinical personnel to handle.
• May assist with running and clearing weekly unresolved appointments.
• Assists with submitting tickets to IT for kiosk or computer issues.

• Documents chief complaint, and all patient interactions according to established guidelines.
• Takes vital signs and rooms patient as per unit guidelines.
• Documents findings and reports abnormal findings to RN or clinician.
• Instructs patient in specimen collection and performs specific testing as defined by assigned unit., i.e. check visual acuity using Snellen chart and urine dipstick, etc.
• May assist with examinations and procedures, using sterile techniques as indicated.
• Reviews after visit summary and assures the client receives appropriate paperwork before they leave.
• Assures that patients leaving the area have appropriate instructions, forms and…