Care Team Associate Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Compensation:
• Base Pay Range: $15.81 - $24.92/hour, based on experience
ABOUT THE JOB
MU Health Care is seeking a caring and dynamic Care Team Associate - Ambulatory to join us. If you have exceptional interpersonal skills and a passion for patient care, you're who we want. In this role, you'll be the welcoming face in our clinics, ensuring patient comfort and engagement. You'll manage multiple tasks efficiently, document medical history, and assist during examinations. Your responsiveness to patient needs will elevate their experience. Join us in delivering exceptional healthcare with heart and integrity. Your talents will shine here.
ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE
MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.
Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.
As of 05/28/26, the following Ambulatory areas are looking for new members to join their team!
• Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Ambulatory Infusion Unit
• ENT, Hearing & Balance Center
• Orthopaedic Trauma Clinic
• Neurology Clinic
When completing the application, you'll be asked to indicate your preference of location and/or specialty. This posting will be updated frequently to reflect current opportunities.
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION
Confirm the purpose for each visit, verify patient information by interviewing the patients, reviewing, or recording medical history, completing the clinic visit form, taking vital signs, and documenting this information in Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Prepare patients for the health care visit by providing examination gowns and drapes; positioning patients for examination or treatment; arranging examining room instruments, supplies, and equipment.
Demonstrate the ability to organize workload and manage multiple tasks. Prompt responsiveness to patient needs and delivery of messages to the care team.
Support care delivery by helping health care providers during examinations, preparing laboratory specimens, performing basic laboratory tests on specimens, disposing of contaminated supplies, sterilizing medical instruments, preparing patients for x-ray, taking electrocardiograms, changing dressings, removing IVs, point of care glucose testing, performing venipuncture to obtain a blood sample, and maintaining quality control checks.
Maintain stock levels and order clinic supplies. Keep equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
May complete unit/department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
Strong customer service team orientation.
Consistently communicate in a professional and courteous manner.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Requires one of the following:
• Certified as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), or
• Has completed a fundamentals of nursing course, or
• Nursing licensure candidate who failed to pass the state licensure examinations in the past three (3) years; or
• Completion of a professional or licensed practical nursing program outside the United States and is awaiting the licensure examination in this country; or
• Experience with direct patient care such as a medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician (EMT), or surgical technician in the past three (3) years; or
• Completion of an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) training program; or
• Completion of the MU Health Care CTA-A specific training through the Center for Education and Development (CED) within thirty (30) days of start date.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in an ambulatory setting associated with an academic health system. Hours are established by each clinic but are generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. Work during inclement weather will be required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.