Administrative Skills, Certified Medical Assistant, Customer Support/Service, Dermatology, Disability Insurance, Disease Prevention and Control, Documentation, Editing, Electronic Medical Records, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Fax Machines, Health Maintenance, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Hospital, Laboratory Testing, Life Insurance, Medical Assistance, Medical Equipment, Medical Office, Medical Records, Medical Terminology, Medical Writing, Medication Administration, Medicine, Patient Care, Patient Care Authorizations, Patient Charts, Pharmacology, Psychology, Quality Metrics, Team Lead/Manager, Testing, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)
The Iowa River Landing Dermatology Clinic is seeking a 80 - 100% Care Team Coordinator. Working alongside a provider or a licensed independent practitioner, this role increases the efficiency and productivity of clinical visits and patient care needs. As part of a Team Based Care model, this role will accurately document events and decision-making appropriately in the medical chart through scribing, as well as prepare patient information for providers for upcoming visits.
Duties to include:
- Perform patient care responsibilities of a Medical Assistant or other certified health care provider including but not limited to, assisting with physical examinations, administering routine medications, performing routine laboratory tests, and operating and maintaining specialized medical equipment.
- Responsible for the daily flow of the Care Team and facilities daily team huddles. The Care Team Coordinator understands clinic flow to maximize clinic usage to meet patient needs.
- Follows enhanced and standard patient rooming protocols.
- Prepares the clinic notes for the patient visit by manually bringing in provider-built Electronic Medical Record (EMR) documentation tools for the following sections; history of present illness, review of system, physical exam, assessment and plan.
- Ensure health maintenance section (Including quality reporting measures) and immunizations are up to date.
- Populates patient-reported information into provider-built EMR documentation tools for the specific disease states and preventative visits.
- Reviews EMR for patient care gaps, addresses and updates missing data.
For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.
Job Details
Percent of Time: 80 - 100%
Schedule: 8 or 9-hour shifts
Part of the pediatric Saturday rotation
Location: Iowa River Landing
Benefits Highlights
Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. For more information, click here.
About University of Iowa Health Care
University of Iowa Health Care-recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States-is Iowas only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®
About University of Iowa Health Care-Iowa River Landing
University of Iowa Health Care-Iowa River Landing offers the world-class, academic-level medicine you expect from UI Health Care in a convenient medical office building that makes visiting the doctor a pleasant experience. Our pledge at UI Health Care-Iowa River Landing is that our patients will receive the best possible care in a friendly, compassionate, efficient way. For more information about Why Iowa?, click here.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements
- Two years of work experience as a Medical Assistant or other health care provider involving direct patient care, and
- Certification or registration as a Medical Assistant or completion of a recognized one year Medical Assistant Program, or
- Completion of a health care profession program with a curriculum incorporating technical patient care elements including but not limited to: pathophysiology, medical terminology, basic pharmacology and medication administration including dose calculation and psychology.
Special Qualification
Desirable Qualifications
- Previous clerical experience, including patient telephone calls, prior authorizations, medical record coordination, lab result entering/editing, faxing, etc.
- Previous experience in Customer Service
- Previous experience working in an ambulatory clinic.
Application Instructions
In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission:
- Resume
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization. Professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Contact Information
- Classification Title: Care Team Coordinator
- Appointment Type: Merit
- Schedule: Full-time
- Compensation: Pay Level: 10
- Contact Information: Organization: Healthcare
- Contact Name: Anne Beyerink
- Contact Email: anne-phillips@uiowa.edu