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Adecco Healthcare & Life Sciences is looking for a **Medical Assistant** for our client in **Frisco, TX** !

**Type:** 3-month contract, with potential for extension or a full-time offer

**Schedule:** Monday-Friday 7:00 am to 4 pm; 8 am to 5 pm

**Pay:** $22 to $24/hr

**Location:** Onsite in Frisco, TX 75033

Responsibilities of the Medical Assistant:

• Performs all duties within the scope of a Medical Assistant’s practice. Operates diagnostic equipment (cannot interpret tests), remove staples from superficial wounds, changes wound dressing and obtains cultures, administers non-intravenous medication, performs simple specimen collection via noninvasive techniques and collects blood specimens via venipuncture or via capillary

• Performs EKGs. Performs quality control checks on equipment. Prepares and sterilizes medical equipment using the autoclave

• Rooms patients according to policy and procedures, prepares patient for examination

• Records patient care documentation in the medical record accurately and in a timely manner

• Coordinates patient care as directed by physicians, company standards and policies

• Respects patient confidentiality at all times and treats patients with courtesy and respect

• Organizes exam and treatment rooms, stocks and cleans rooms and sterilizes instruments

• Practices standard infection control precautions

• Telephone and in-person screening limited to intake and gathering of information without requiring the exercise of judgment based on clinical knowledge

Qualifications for the Medical Assistant:

• High School graduate or GED equivalent

• Current, nationally recognized Medical Assistant certification or the ability to obtain the certification within 180 days of employment. Medical Assistants who are hired prior to receiving their certification are expected to perform at the same level as a “certified” Medical Assistant

• Current BLS certification (through an approved American Heart Association Training Center or the Military Training Network) at time of hire or within 30 days of hire

• Proven knowledge of medical terminology

• Proven basic computer literacy, with intermediate Excel skills

• This position requires Tuberculosis screening as well as proof of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through lab confirmation of immunity, documented evidence of vaccination, or a doctor’s diagnosis of disease

Why work for Adecco?

+ Excellent Weekly Pay discussed during screening

+ 401(k) Plan

+ Skills Training

+ Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.

**IMPORTANT:** This job is being recruited for by Adecco’s Healthcare and Life Science division, not your local Adecco Branch Office.

For opportunities available at Adecco Healthcare and Life Sciences go to https://www.adecco.com/en-us/employers/industries/healthcare-life-sciences

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.adeccousa.com/candidate-privacy/ .

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record

**Pay Details:** $22.00 to $24.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.adecco.com/en-us/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

+ The California Fair Chance Act

+ Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

+ Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

+ San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

**Massachusetts Candidates Only:** It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.