Orthopedic Assistant / Medical Assistant - Orthopedics

Responsibilities

• Obtains and records patient vital signs, and medical history, and assesses reasons for patient visits.
• Records, reports, and documents observed symptoms, reactions, treatments, and changes in the patients' conditions in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
• Within scope of practice, performs tasks related to medication administration.
• Affords assistance in quality control efforts for medications, supplies, etc., including but not limited to medication refrigeration.
• Completes point of care testing (POCT) as ordered by the provider.
• Provides basic patient care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, suture removal, phlebotomy, venipuncture, injections, EKG, vitals, etc., based on job level.
• Sets up equipment and prepares exam rooms for patient visits.
• Maintains patient areas and working spaces in a clean, neat and orderly manner.
• Responsible for cleaning and turning over rooms as directed.
• Sterilizes equipment, instruments and medical areas using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave as directed.
• Maintains inventory of supplies/medications, restocks as necessary, and communicates to assigned personnel when supplies need to be ordered.
• Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA.
• Affords assistance to providers with examinations, treatments, special tests, and procedures.
• May provide 'after visit summary' and other related communication to the patient, which could include patient requests for RX refills and care related documents.
• Affords assistance with check-in/-out functions, scheduling, patient referrals and follow-ups, and other clerical duties as assigned.
• Must successfully complete Ambulatory Skills Orientation upon hire and annually thereafter.
• Works with clinical preceptor to enhance training and improve any skill deficiency.
• Maintains compliance with required dress code in order provide high quality of care and service.
• Travel may be required to accommodate staffing levels at other clinical facilities.
• Attendance, promptness, professionalism, attention to detail, professional collaboration with all members of the care team, and politeness to customers, vendors, and patients.
• Remove and apply upper and lower extremity splints/casts.
• Medication compounding.

Qualifications

• A diploma from a Medical Assisting Program or a minimum of 1 year of medical assisting experience or an equivalent combination of medical assisting experience and education.
• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Demonstrative effectiveness in conveying information both in writing and verbally.
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
• Successful completion of casting and splinting training and pharmacy compounding training within 120 days of employment.