Health Care Assistant

Position Summary

Position Summary:

The HCA’s primary function is to prepare patients for their office visit by obtaining and documenting vital signs and medical history and to provide assistance and support to the professional health care provider and/or nursing staff. This position works within the healthcare team and is responsible for acting on tasks delegated including medication administration, procedure set-up, assistance and follow-through, administration of ordered treatments.

 Job duties:

• Greets patients in order to determine needs; registers and directs patients to the correct appointment areas.
• Records chief complaint, takes vital signs and health information, and performs routine tests and procedures including, vaccines, venipuncture, blood pressures, pulse rates, respirations, weights and heights.
• Assists health care providers during examinations, treatments, and minor surgery.
• Orders and schedules lab tests, retrieves and distributes results to health care providers, laboratories and medical records as directed.
• Prepares equipment/supplies and cleans examination rooms in order to prepare for patient examinations.
• Verifies insurance coverage and authorizations and collects payments from patients.
• Communicates with insurance vendors to obtain authorization for tests, procedures, and surgeries.
• Schedules appointments, maintains master schedule for physicians and provides information; receives and routes calls and relays messages.
• Orders, updates, copies and files patients' charts/medical records in order to insure their availability for health care providers.
• Types materials, completes and verifies forms, and maintains general filing system and the petty cash and change fund.
• Monitors supply inventory and orders per guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge normally acquired through a high school education; six months to one year of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in a medical office setting or in a clinical setting performing routine health assessment tests; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Require experience in the use word processing and database software, a specified medical course such as Nurse Health Aid and Phlebotomy, or Medical Billing and Medical Terminology experience. Knowledge of electronic medical record and patient scheduling systems. 

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with medical terminology; experience in scheduling, screening, and confirming medical appointments using a computerized information system; current or prior experience obtaining/checking authorizations; experience scanning documents and handling a multi-line phone system.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Application Materials

Resume

Cover Letter

Work Hours

Work hours are typically 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM but may vary as necessary to accommodate clinic operations.

Website

https://healthcare.msu.edu/

Summary of Physical Demands

The job requires significant physical effort and involves carrying charts and medical equipment, assisting in ambulating and lifting patients.

Summary of Health Risks

Exposure to human blood, serum, and other body fluids; and materials covered under Universal Precautions; TB risk or work within three (3) feet of patients in a health care setting; wear a respirator.

The Bidding Eligibility ends on 08/19/2025 at 11:55 PM