Posting Number

req14480

Department

Occupational Health

Department Website Link

https://occhealth.arizona.edu/

Location

Main Campus

Address

Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

Occupational Health at the University of Arizona is in search of a Medical Assistant II. This position provides general medical assistant and administrative functions for new and expanding Occupational Health department services. This includes recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for visits, drawing blood, and administering immunizations as directed by health care provider; scheduling appointments and maintaining medical records; performing a variety of administrative duties including document preparation, scheduling, meeting coordination, record keeping, supply inventory, and data entry. This position will report to the Occupational Health Medical Director.

Occupational Health
Specializing in medical assessment, monitoring, intervention, and evaluation of UA employees related to their occupational health risks. Our vision is to protect and promote the general health of our University employees and deliver excellent service and care through collaboration with our service partners and actively engaging our clients.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & responsibilities:

• Records vital signs and medical histories, prepares patients for examination, draws blood, and administers immunizations as directed by health care provider. Works with health care providers to assess and provide patient care.
• Schedules appointments and maintains medical records, billing, and coding information. Receives patient care notes, imaging, and diagnostics from outside referral services and routes these to nursing and advanced practice providers for review. Scans and uploads these items to integrate data to patient's electronic medical record for maintenance and reference. Prepares and maintains accurate patient records in Point n Click (PNC) electronic medical record associated with any documents, scheduling, or services.
• Monitors Occupational Health Support email and phone line, responding to inquiries about OH programs and procedures offered, patient questions about services, needs, and scheduling inquiries/options, otherwise directing inquiries to appropriate staff and departments when necessary.
• Schedules patient appointments and services. Provides information requiring comprehensive knowledge of program services, policies, and procedures.
• Preparation of patient registration forms including general consents for treatment, patient rights and responsibilities, and notice of privacy practices, vaccine consent forms, or vaccine declinations forms.
• Manages patient check-in process and preparation of patient for appointment, including issuing temperature checks and COVID-19 screening questionnaires.
• Helps to manage and maintain inventory of general supplies for OH Clinic which may include both office supplies, equipment, and clinic items for patient care.
• Assists with basic maintenance of routine office and clinic equipment, sanitizing, and requesting for calibration or servicing as needed.
• Coordinates request for waste management pick-up for proper disposal of sharps.
• May assist in the coordination or receipt of shipments and orders for OH, especially items that are temperature sensitive.
• Provides administrative support with document maintenance, formatting, and edits for material office pamphlets and other educational materials related to services. Re-stocks documents for office and clinic use routinely.
• Creates business card templates for all OH employees, proofing and assisting with ordering in bulk from West Press and identification badges for employees.
• Assists with maintenance of staff calendars, schedules meetings, and may assist with generating meeting minutes.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Knowledge, skills, & abilities:

• Able to work with diverse populations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

FLSA

Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time

Part Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week

20

Job FTE

0.5

Work Calendar

Fiscal

Job Category

Health Care and Wellness

Benefits Eligible

Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay

$17.35

Compensation Type

hourly rate

Grade

2

Career Stream and Level

OC2

Job Family

Clinical Services

Job Function

Health Care & Wellness

Type of criminal background check required:

Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies

1

Target Hire Date

Expected End Date

Contact Information for Candidates

Mary Estrada, DNP
kestrada@arizona.edu
520-626-5469

Open Date

4/12/2023

Open Until Filled

Yes

Documents Needed to Apply

Resume and Cover Letter

Special Instructions to Applicant

Diversity Statement

At the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.