MEDICAL ASSISTANT - ORTHOPEDICS

Medical Assistant - Orthopedics

Recently increased wages and sign on bonus available! The medical assistant performs basic direct patient care activities, such as lab tests, treatments, and medication / immunization administration. These are performed under the direction of the nurse and / or the physician in preparation for the patient's examination and treatment. The incumbent carries out clerical activities, quality control activities, performance improvement initiatives, etc. in support of the physician practice as assigned. This position also serves as a resource for the clerical / clinical staff in the practice.

Essential job functions include delivering direct and indirect patient care, assisting in collecting patient healthcare data, completing patient care treatments and testing, complying with completeness, accuracy and timeliness of documentation, preparing patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures, communicating pertinent information of actual or potential problems to the physician or nurse, performing clerical functions in support of patient care and office functions, answering telephone calls, taking accurate messages and relaying them to the appropriate staff, obtaining and verifying accurate patient demographic and insurance information entering it into the billing system, accurately entering codes, based on diagnosis given, and entering codes and charges into billing system, completing forms and letters necessary for continued patient care, providing for patient safety in compliance with hospital and physician practice policies, labeling all patient specimens with identifiers per policy, adhering to infection control process, including standard precautions, to reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting infections, assisting in continuous survey readiness or inspections and surveys, performing all quality control, monitoring functions and reports out of range information immediately to supervisor, consistently practicing National Patient Safety Goals, knowledge of and / or ability to schedule surgery, procedures, and testing for patients, exit counseling which includes education, scheduling of testing and providing patients with necessary information, preparing charts for clinic sessions and obtaining vital signs and weight, performing control studies and completes logbooks according to policy, performing phlebotomy procedures, reads the test results, and documents accordingly, preparing the exam rooms and stocks supplies daily, providing pre- and post-examination education and counseling, and other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include a high school diploma, GED or next level of higher education, strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice. Preferred qualifications include previous outpatient office experience, successful completion of Medical Assistant program or experience as a Medical Assistant for one (1) year OR Certified EMT / Paramedic under the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, and Medical Assistant Certification preferred.

License, certification, and clearances include Act 33 with renewal, Act 34 with renewal, Act 73 FBI Clearance, Northern Market : Family & Friends, Southern Market : Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.

Position type / expected hours of work include being scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.) and travel may be expected locally between system locations.

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.