CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Laredo, TX 
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Posted 8 days ago
Job Description
Job Description
Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

* Paid Time Off

* Paid Holidays

* 401(k) Matching

* Health Insurance

* Vision Insurance

* Life Insurance

* Health Savings Account

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Employee Discount

* Reduced Tuition Rates

* Disability Insurance

* Employee Assistance Program

* 401(k)

* Pet Insurance

* Dental Insurance

* Paid Training

* Flexible Spending Account

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer


Overview

If you are a certified medical assistant looking for a career change, we have a role for you. We are the global leader in our industry, and we're looking for more people to join our team and grow with us. This is your opportunity to get a role where you can positively impact people's lives while working in an environment where efforts are rewarded. We'd love to hear from you if you're passionate about your profession and seeking a new challenge.

Join A Community That Cares

Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application! Come and meet us! Every one of our employees makes us who we are.

We're looking for individuals from different backgrounds

Building an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions!


Responsibilities

Help us bring the highest quality of healthcare to every patient by:

  • Scheduling appointments, welcoming, and preparing patients for the physician.
  • Interviewing them to obtain medical information and measuring their vital signs, weight, and height.
  • Recording patients' medical history, vital statistics, or test results in medical records while maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
  • Preparing and administering medications as directed by physician.
  • Collecting and preparing blood, tissues, or other laboratory specimens for testing.
  • Explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physician instructions to patients.
  • Assisting physicians; handing instruments/materials and performing tasks such as giving injections or removing sutures.
  • Preparing treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
  • Cleaning and sterilizing instruments and disposing of contaminated supplies.
  • Providing emotional and physical comfort and safety to patients.

We also expect you to:

  • Respect your supervisor's work schedule to ensure continuity of care.
  • React to a "code" or patient crisis following policy and procedure.
  • Observe infection control principles and techniques.
  • Keep supplies, equipment, and working areas in good condition.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
  • Current Certified Medical Assistant. Must maintain a current copy of the permit on file in the facility at all times.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of clinical experience preferred.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance.
  • Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
  • Must be able to work under stress on a regular or continuous basis.
  • Must be able to use computer and the software application packages used by the facility.

Physical Requirements

  • Frequently: Lift, carry up, push, or pull up to 40 lbs.; walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, and reach above shoulder level.
  • Occasionally: Lift, carry up, push, or pull up to 60 lbs.; climb, and work with machinery.

GEO Secured Services


The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
1 year
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