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Medical Assistant

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Location: Main Campus - UCR
Schedule: 8AM - 5PM
Category: Healthcare
Salary: $50,697 - $62,953
Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)
Organization: Health Wellbeing and Safety
Department: Student Health Services
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Position Information:
The medical assistant assists physicians and professional nursing staff in providing care and treatment of patients. This position is responsible for taking the patient chief complaint. Accurately and efficiently completes visit intake documentation. Follows up on test orders and reports results to the physician; provides and maintains patient education materials; maintains medical equipment; inventories clinical and drug supplies. Complies with assigned collateral duties. Will handle patient's clinical care including medication administration, performance of simple procedures, specimen collection including but not limited to urine and blood specimens following Universal Precautions, patient discharge, and all other patient health care needs.

Please be advised that applicants must submit a resume for full consideration.

The full salary range for the Medical Assistant is $50,696.64 - $62,953.20 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Additionally, this position's classification is covered under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Patient Care Technical (EX) bargaining unit.

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Requirements:
Conditions

Must have written evidence to validate training and competency as a medical assistant (i.e., certification of completion of a medical assistant training program, or a letter from supervising physician/podiatrist).
Required

Experience Requirements

Minimum of 2 years experience working as a medical assistant in a student health center setting.
Preferred

Certification Requirements
CertificationRequirement

Phlebotomy Certificate - CPT I or ability to obtain Phlebotomy Certificate - CPT I within 6 months of employment is required.
Required

Certification from an accredited medical assistant training program.
Required

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Preferred

Special Conditions
Special

Overtime
Required

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge of correct usage and spelling of medical terminology and medical equipment.

Ability to work quickly and accurately and to communicate and interact cooperative with patients and all personnel in facility.

Respect for patients with diverse cultural backgrounds and life-styles; ability to maintain strict confidentiality.

Familiarity with universal precautions, handling of biohazardous waste, specimen identification and transport.

Familiarity with the fundamentals of asepsis and sterile technique, basic bacteriology and the relationship of bacteria to infection and disease control.

Ability to perform duties in a professional manner and put patient at ease.

Ability to identify potential risk management concerns and provide options to resolve.

Ability to use good judgment in deciding when to seek clarification and assistance and be able to handle many tasks at once, judging what tasks may take priority.

Ability to safely lift and move 40 lbs; to stand on feet for long periods of time; work alone for periods that may exceed the normal 8 hour work day, with variable break and lunch times.

Clinical duties require a reasonable level of manual dexterity and visual and auditory acuity.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of and proficiency in using a PC.

Familiar with the software Point and Click

Able to problem solve and mulit-task with ease.

Team player and positive attitude.

Proficiency on 10 line telephone system.


Additional Information:
Additional Information In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.

• UC Riverside is proud to be ranked No. 12 among all U.S. universities, according to Money Magazine's 2020 rankings, and among the top 1 percent of universities worldwide, according to the 2019-20 Center for World University rankings.
  


• UC Riverside is the top university in the United States for social mobility. - U.S. News 2020
  


• UCR is a member of the University Innovation Alliance, the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to improving student success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color.
  


• Among top-tier universities, UC Riverside ranks No. 2 in financial aid. - Business Insider 2019
  


• Ranked No. 2 in the world for research, UCR's Department of Entomology maintains one of the largest collections of insect specimens the nation. - Center for World University Rankings
  


• UCR's distinguished faculty boasts 2 Nobel Laureates, and 13 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview

Job Description Details:
General Information

Job Title
008994

Grade
Kenneth Han

Supervisor
https://jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/33997826







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