Saint Luke's

Medical Assistant - GI

Saint Luke's  •  Overland Park, KS (Onsite)  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Description​

🩺 Medical Assistant – Gastroenterology (GI)

📍 South Location – Overland Park

Join Saint Luke's Gastroenterology team and play an important role in providing exceptional care to patients with digestive and gastrointestinal health needs. This position offers a blend of direct patient care, care coordination, and administrative responsibilities in a fast-paced specialty clinic environment.

What You'll Do

✅ Patient Care

  • Perform pre-visit planning to help ensure efficient and effective patient visits
  • Room patients and obtain vital signs, medical histories, and other clinical information
  • Review medications, allergies, and health information for accuracy
  • Conduct telephone screening using established protocols
  • Prepare patients for provider visits and assist with clinic flow
  • Deliver excellent customer service while maintaining a professional and compassionate demeanor

✅ Gastroenterology Support

  • Support patients receiving care for a variety of gastrointestinal conditions
  • Assist with patient education and follow-up care coordination
  • Communicate provider instructions regarding testing, procedures, medications, and follow-up appointments
  • Coordinate referrals, diagnostic testing, and specialty procedures as directed

✅ Administrative Responsibilities

  • Utilize the EMR system for documentation and patient care coordination
  • Scan and upload documents into the electronic medical record
  • Schedule appointments, testing, and follow-up visits
  • Maintain accurate patient records and documentation
  • Provide front office coverage as needed
  • Perform additional duties based on clinic needs

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

💙 Convenient South Overland Park location

💙 Monday-Friday schedule

💙 Collaborative team of providers and nursing staff

💙 Opportunity to develop expertise in gastroenterology care

💙 Meaningful patient interactions and continuity of care

💙 Fast-paced environment with a mix of clinical and administrative responsibilities

If you're a compassionate, detail-oriented Medical Assistant with exceptional customer service skills and a passion for patient care, we'd love to hear from you! 🌟

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Job Details

Full Time

Day (United States of America)

Saint Luke's

About Saint Luke's

About Saint Luke’s

Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.

Saint Luke’s offers:

- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute

- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute

- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute

- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries

- Liver and kidney transplantation programs

- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center

- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City

- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region

- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Year Founded
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