🌟 Join our Neurosurgery team on the Plaza and make a meaningful impact on patients throughout their neurological and surgical care journey. We are seeking a compassionate and detail-oriented Medical Assistant – Neurosurgery to support providers and the nursing team in delivering exceptional patient care in a fast-paced specialty clinic environment.
🚗 This position requires travel. The ideal candidate is flexible, adaptable, and willing to support patient care and clinic operations across locations as needed.
The Medical Assistant – Neurosurgery is responsible for assisting providers and the nursing team in the delivery of professional medical care. Specific duties include pre-visit planning, rooming patients, obtaining vital signs, utilizing the EMR system, scanning and uploading documents, administering injections, coordinating vaccines, telephone screening utilizing established protocols, performing phlebotomy, assisting with procedures, and supporting clinic operations as needed. The incumbent must demonstrate excellent customer service skills, maintain a professional demeanor at all times, and may be responsible for front office coverage as needed.
🔹 Perform pre-visit planning to ensure efficient and effective patient appointments
🔹 Room patients and prepare them for provider visits
🔹 Obtain and document vital signs, medical histories, and patient concerns
🔹 Utilize EPIC and other EMR systems to accurately maintain patient records
🔹 Scan, upload, and manage patient documentation
🔹 Administer injections and coordinate vaccinations
🔹 Perform phlebotomy and specimen collection as needed
🔹 Conduct telephone screening following established protocols
🔹 Assist providers with procedures and patient care activities
🔹 Support prescription refill requests, prior authorizations, and other administrative functions
🔹 Provide exceptional customer service while building rapport with patients and families
🔹 Assist with front office responsibilities as needed
🔹 Travel to support clinic operations and patient care needs across locations
🔹 Perform additional duties as assigned based on clinic needs
✔ Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or equivalent experience
✔ Medical Assistant certification preferred
✔ Previous specialty clinic experience preferred
✔ Phlebotomy experience preferred
✔ Experience using EPIC or electronic medical records preferred
✔ Strong communication, organization, and customer service skills
✔ Ability to thrive in a fast-paced healthcare environment
✔ Reliable transportation and ability to travel between assigned locations
✔ Interest in neurology, neurosurgery, spine care, or specialty medicine preferred
🧠 Work alongside highly skilled Neurosurgery physicians and advanced practice providers
🏥 Practice in our Plaza location, serving patients with complex neurological and spine conditions
🤝 Be part of a collaborative and patient-focused care team
📈 Expand your clinical and specialty-care experience
🚗 Enjoy a dynamic role with opportunities to support multiple locations
💙 Build meaningful relationships with patients throughout their treatment journey
✨ Make a direct impact on patient care and outcomes every day
Apply today to join our Plaza Neurosurgery team as a Medical Assistant – Neurosurgery and help deliver exceptional care to patients with neurological and spine conditions.
Applicable Experience:
Less than 1 year
Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Medical Assistant (Certified) - Various
Diploma - Medical Assistant
Full Time
Day (United States of America)
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
