Medical Assistant

Job Details

Job Location:

MKC – Methodist West – Houston, TX 77064
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: High School Diploma/GED

Job Shift: Day
Job Category:
Other Positions
US Heart and Vascular is in need of a Medical Assistant to join our team at Memorial Katy Cardiology in Houston, TX.

• Review charts and the daily schedule the day before. Populate health/surgical history, etc.
• Verifies and inputs patient medications into EMR. Making changes and additions as needed to the medication list.
• Check if EKGs are needed.
• Schedule testing appointments and explain the scheduled testing to the patient.
• Scan and fax necessary documents.
• Check voicemail (individual assigned each day) and call patients back within 48 hours.
• Check eScribe box daily and refill prescriptions (MA assigned to a provider).
• Use Telephone Encounters on eClinical Works.
• Holter monitor hook-ups and removals, event recorders and Loop recorders (Proficiency Required).
• Perform stress tests as needed and assist in test interpretation. Assist physicians with patient exams as needed.
• Receive and return phone calls from patients and other external sources. Receive and return portal messages in the EMR.
• Room patients in a timely manner.
• Responsible for performing EKG, rhythm strip, and signal average EKG hook‑ups and printouts (proficiency required).
• Add EKG order with diagnosis code to progress note.
• Takes vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, weight, etc.).
• Clean rooms and restock at the end of the day.
• Monitor pharmacy samples, removing them from stock as expired.
• Handle pharmacy calls and enter diagnosis codes.
• Access Cover My Meds.
• May also be responsible for insurance pre‑certification, prior authorization, procedure/surgery scheduling and coordinating transfers and admissions.
• Additional duties as assigned based on practice needs.

• High school diploma or Texas accredited GED.
• 1 year of Medical Assistant experience, or recent graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant training program with completion of program externship.
• Current CPR and Medical Assistant certification or obtain within 90 days of hire date.
• Current BCLS certification.
• Must have experience in administration of EKGs.
• Cardiology practice experience preferred but not required.
• Fluently speaks, reads, and writes English.
• Move locations as needed.