Medical Assistant - Pediatrics & Young Adult

Join MD Anderson's Pediatrics - Child & Adolescent Center as a Medical Assistant and play an important role in creating a safe, supportive, and positive experience for children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. You'll provide hands-on patient care support while working alongside nurses and other members of the healthcare team in a specialized outpatient environment at one of the world's leading cancer centers.

What's in it for you? You'll have the opportunity to build your pediatric and oncology healthcare experience while supporting patients throughout their visits. You'll assist with greeting and rooming patients, obtaining and documenting vital signs, supporting activities of daily living and mobility, and promptly communicating important observations to nursing staff and the healthcare team.

You'll also help keep the center running smoothly by maintaining a clean, safe, and organized care environment, stocking patient care supplies and equipment, and providing reliable and courteous service to patients, caregivers, referring physicians, and coworkers. Your attention to detail, compassion, and teamwork will directly contribute to the patient and family experience.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, Medical Assistant certification/registration, and at least one year of directly related experience, preferably in pediatrics or oncology. You'll also enjoy a consistent Monday-Friday schedule, with the option of four 10-hour shifts from 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. with a rotating weekday off or five 8-hour shifts from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

At MD Anderson, you'll also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, an annual merit increase program, annual incentive opportunities, an employer-funded pension contribution, medical/dental/vision coverage, generous paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you're a compassionate Medical Assistant who enjoys working with children and families and wants to grow your experience in a specialized pediatric oncology setting, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference at MD Anderson.

This position will rotate between pediatric lab, pediatric clinic and the pediatric ATC

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Assist Staff
a. Responsibilities include completion of routine patient care assignments as delegated.
b. Accurately record vital signs and other data, report abnormalities to nursing staff.
Assists Patients- Aids in completion of activities of daily living, mobilization, greeting, rooming, and vital signs all members of the heath care team.

Work Environment
a. Maintains environment in a clean, safe, and orderly manner
b. Stock and maintain unit and patient care supplies and equipment

Service Orientation- Provide service to our customers, including patients, patient caregivers, referring physicians and each other, in a reliable, responsive, safe, friendly and courteous manner.
• Promotes inclusiveness and collegiality by demonstrating respect and professionalism to others at all times.
• Models safe, ethical behavior, mitigating risk to the institution through sound business practices, and adherence to MD Anderson's Standards of Conduct, institutional policies and procedures.
• Meets time and attendance expectations and responds to requests in a timely manner, communicating expectations for procedures, service arrival, or project deliverables to patients and coworkers.
• Admits when wrong, apologize and take steps to resolve a situation to help to patients and coworkers before being asked.

Other duties as assigned.

Education

Required:
• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Preferred:
• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program including externship/practicum OR
• Graduate of a U.S. Military medical services training program

Work Experience

Required:
• 1 year of Medical Assistant experience OR
• No experience required with completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program (including externship/practicum) or U.S. Military medical training

Licenses and Certifications

Preferred (upon hire):
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) AND
• CMA - Certified Medical Assistant, American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) OR
• RMA - Registered Medical Assistant, American Society of Medical Technologists (AMT) OR
• CCMA - Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, National Healthcareer Association (NHA) OR
• National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) - NCTT, National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.

This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 183198
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Work Week: Days
• Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 43,000
• Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 54,000
• Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 65,000
• FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay
• Fund Type: Hard
• Work Location: Onsite
• Pivotal Position: No
• Referral Bonus Available?: No
• Relocation Assistance Available?: No

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