🌟 Join our Neurosurgery team and make a meaningful impact on patients throughout their surgical and neurological 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.
The Medical Assistant – Neurosurgery is responsible for assisting providers and the nursing team in the delivery of professional medical care. Responsibilities include pre-visit planning, rooming patients, obtaining vital signs, utilizing the EMR system, scanning and uploading documents, administering injections, coordinating vaccines, performing phlebotomy, assisting with procedures, and supporting providers with clinic operations. This position requires excellent customer service skills, professionalism, and a commitment to providing an outstanding patient experience.
🔹 Perform pre-visit planning to ensure efficient and effective patient appointments
🔹 Prepare and room patients for clinic visits
🔹 Obtain and document vital signs, health histories, and chief complaints
🔹 Utilize EPIC and other EMR systems to accurately document patient information
🔹 Scan, upload, and maintain medical documentation
🔹 Administer injections and coordinate vaccinations as appropriate
🔹 Perform phlebotomy and specimen collection as needed
🔹 Assist providers with procedures and patient care activities
🔹 Conduct telephone screening following established protocols
🔹 Support prescription refill requests, prior authorizations, and other administrative duties
🔹 Provide exceptional customer service while building rapport with patients and families
🔹 Assist with front office responsibilities as needed
🔹 Maintain a professional demeanor and contribute to a positive team environment
🔹 Perform other duties as assigned based on clinic needs
✔ Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or equivalent experience
✔ Medical Assistant certification preferred
✔ Previous clinic or specialty clinic experience preferred
✔ Phlebotomy experience preferred
✔ Experience with EPIC or electronic medical records
✔ Strong communication, organizational, and customer service skills
✔ Ability to multitask in a fast-paced clinical environment
✔ Interest in neurology, neurosurgery, spine care, or specialty care preferred
🧠 Work alongside highly skilled Neurosurgery providers and clinical staff
🤝 Be part of a collaborative and patient-focused care team
📈 Expand your clinical and specialty-care experience
💙 Build meaningful relationships with patients throughout their treatment journey
🏥 Help deliver high-quality care that improves patient outcomes
✨ Enjoy a rewarding role where you can make a difference every day
Apply today to join our team as a Medical Assistant – Neurosurgery and help provide exceptional care to patients with neurological and spine conditions.
Applicable Experience:
Less than 1 year
Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross
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
