Medical Assistant (Per Diem)

About the role

The Medical Assistant (Per Diem) position at Shady Grove Fertility in Orlando, Florida, is available on a per diem basis, covering Saturday, Sunday, and holiday shifts from 6:30 AM to 11:00 AM.

Responsibilities

• Perform a high volume of phlebotomy using proper technique and universal precautions
• Set up, stock, and maintain supplies for the blood drawing stations
• Ensure lab specimens are sent to proper labs
• Document patient care services utilizing daily logs, electronic medical records, and appropriate outside laboratory forms
• Utilize the computer in entering labs and printing labels, ensure orders for lab work are in place
• Check patients in/out, answer phones, schedule appointments, and collect payments
• Set up rooms for procedures, take vital signs, obtain patient height and weight, assist with procedures as needed, clean and stock rooms and care for equipment according to manufacturer and OSHA guidelines
• Maintain patient medical records through the use of electronic medical records
• Absorb as scrub technician in the OR
• Properly apply sterile and aseptic technique for set up/use of equipment
• Prepare rooms for all procedures while ensuring necessary instruments, supplies and equipment are available
• Use technical skill in the care and use of instruments, supplies and equipment used during a surgical procedure
• Conduct proper sanitary maintenance of equipment according to OSHA guidelines
• Use an autoclave and clean per protocol
• Provide ultrasound guidance under physician’s supervision during transfers
• Comfort patients by anticipating anxieties, answering questions, providing support

Qualifications and Skills

• High school diploma
• Completed formal MA education/certification (minimum of 1 year of experience preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and build and maintain effective working relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Prior experience in an OR/Ambulatory Surgical setting
• Experience in women's health (e.g., OB/GYN) is required
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer
• Infertility/IVF experience is preferred
• Phlebotomy skills are preferred
• Professionalism and strong customer service skills a must