Medical Assistant - Naples, United States - Indiana Joint Replacement Institute

Description

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Job Summary:

Responsible to greet patients, activate patient files, and move patients through a pre
- determined protocol at clinic.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patient care responsibilities as assigned, which may include scheduling and organizing patient flow, accompanying patients to exam/procedure room, assist patients with changing to exam gowns, and transfer to exam table if needed
• Assess patient's general condition and collect patient history
• Document health history, activities, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record
• Provide basic patient care as ordered by physician and assist physician with various procedures
• Provides patient education materials, communicates physician advice/instructions to patient
• Fit patients with braces, boots, other DME as ordered by physician
• Wound dressing changes
• Prepare injections
• Suture and staple removal
• Sterile tray setups
• Obtain lab/xray reports
• Schedule surgery, hospital procedures and pre

- and post-op appointments

• Schedule MRI, CT scans, labs, etc.
• Schedule referrals to other physicians
• Perform ECG studies
• Clean and stock exam rooms
• Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies
• Compliance with HIPAA, OSHA and Red Flag Rules
• May perform computerized physician order entry, only if directed by assigned physician or outlined in standard of care protocol.
• Performs registration and scheduling activities per organizational and departmental procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education:

High school diploma or GED certificate. Graduation from a Medical Assistant program preferred.

Experience:


NA
Other Requirements:

• Current certification in medical assisting required from America Association of Medical Assistants (CMA), National Health Career Association (CCMA), National Center for competency Testing (NCMA), American Medical Certification Association (CMAC)
• Good communication skills
• Maintain current CPR certification

Qualifications:

• Cooperative work attitude toward coemployees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
• Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, hospitals, other physician offices, and general public
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems
• Work effectively as team member with physicians and other staff
• Appropriately interact with patients, families, and others
• Ability to flexibly respond to changing demands
• Must have a flexible work schedule with the ability to work late some days and work through the lunch break on busy clinic days

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Varied activities including sitting, standing, walking, stooping, lifting, bending, reaching
• Must be able to use appropriate body mechanics techniques when making necessary patient transfers and helping patients with walking, dressing, etc. Must be able to life up to 30 pounds
• Occasional stress from workload
• Must be able to use a variety of office equipment including phone, copy machine, writing instruments, pc, fax and medical equipment including stethoscope, ECG, blood pressure cuff, and cast saw equipment.