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Responsibilities

**SUMMARY** - Medical Assistant responsibilities include providing a basic level of patient care and treatment. Assists with obtaining vital signs documents chief complaint obtains patient history and provides assistance to physicians residents and/or licensed nursing personnel. Alerts physician of problems/concerns/abnormalities.

The Surgery Procedure Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the schedules of physicians, operating rooms, anesthesiologists, equipment, lab work and any other required items/staff in accordance with a physician's recommendation for patient care. Acts as a liaison between the patient, provider/referring physician, primary care physician, and other parties involved in the surgery/procedure to include distribution of pre and post-operative information to the patient. Gather and record financial and insurance information and ensure authorizations are obtained prior to the procedure/surgery.

*This position requires travel between clinics

Qualifications

MINIMUM

Medical Assistant Requirements:

High School Diploma or G.E.D. Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program or completion of an U.S. Armed Forces medical services training program

Candidates who completed a program prior to February 2 2000 can satisfy the minimum education requirements by providing evidence of direct supervision by the same physician physician group or physician assistant for a minimum of 2000 hours to satisfy the minimum education requirements.

As related to Medical Assistant demonstrated experience with computer program utilized for checking-in and scheduling patients

American Heart Association BLS

Surgery Procedure Coordinator Requirements:

Three years related Surgery Procedure Coordinator experience required

Familiarity with operating room scheduling processes critical; ability to effectively interact with insurance carriers is also required.

Gather and record financial and insurance information and ensure authorizations are obtained prior to the procedure/surgery.

PREFERRED

Previous MA experience

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience

Previous experience in designated specialty

Bi-lingual

Previous office experience

Basic Computer skills Outlook window based programs

Medical Assistant Certificate

Overview

Hello humankindness Dignity Health Medical Group is the employed physician group of Dignity Health Arizona. Dignity Health Medical Group (DHMG) employs approximately 400 providers and 1200 support staff that cover a wide variety of specialties. The medical group has had tremendous success over the past few years and now provides more than 73 subspecialty services. The physicians provide clinical services in their areas of specialty and many serve in pivotal academic research and leadership roles.DHMG is also heavily involved in preparing tomorrows healthcare providers. DHMG has 84 medical school students and approximately 200 residents and fellows throughout the 25 academic programs. Clinical services are complemented with translational and bench research to augment medical education for residents and students. The mission of Dignity Health Medical Group is consistent with Dignity Healths mission and St. Josephs guiding principles with a focus on innovative clinical care and the pursuit of excellence through scholarly activities. As part of the Dignity Health hospital system DHMG has full access to the staff and all facilities on our hospital campuses. This unique relationship with our hospital allows Dignity Health Medical Group to provide its patients with state-of-the-art patient services including care of the poor and disenfranchised.Look for us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.For the health of our community ... we are proud to announce that we are a tobacco-free campus

Pay Range

$20.71 - $28.48 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.