Job Description

Overview

Join our team as a day, full-time, Urology Medical Assistant in Tyler, TX.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here:

People First, Always. Here\xe2\x80\x99s how we take care of our people:

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more

Your team is bigger than your department:

• UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 502 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.
• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.

Responsibilities

• Work under the close supervision of registered nurses where they perform many of the same tasks as the nursing assistants.
• Utilize nursing knowledge and skills in the safe implementation of basic preventative therapeutic and rehabilitative nursing care of assigned patient/family as evidenced by documentation and observation of positive patient care outcomes.
• Perform delegated independent nursing functions using established procedures, policies, guidelines and standards as observed by the registered nurse.
• Administer medication accurately, observing patient response, as evidenced by documentation in the medical record and lack of negative outcomes.
• Maintain and coordinate communication among patient/significant other, staff and physician as evidenced within medical record, client and health care team feedback other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Participates in continuing education activities
• Current Texas Licensure as a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Certified Medical Assistant
• BLS Certification
• Basic personal computer skills and comfort with Microsoft Windows operating system; database and word processing skills required

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Healthcare/clinic experience

UT Health Tyler