Orthopedic Medical Assistant

Essential Functions

• Greets and takes patients to exam rooms and prepares patients for provider examination.
• Aid the provider during the clinic.
• Correctly updates patient information in the EMR at each visit.
• Makes sure that all diagnostic tests, hospital reports, and other medical records are available prior to clinic visits to provide quality patient care.
• Prepares injectable solutions.
• Maintains organization, cleanliness, and inventory of the exam rooms.
• Orders supplies as needed.
• Provides cross-coverage for others MA's/willingness to travel to other physician offices as requested or needed.
• Maintains workflow in the department without direct supervision.
• Works cooperatively with coworkers, providers, and management.
• Maintains inventory management of clinical, injectibles/medications ensuring expiration dates have not passed.
• Obtains patient vital signs on a continuous basis.
• Responsible for handling and disposing of biohazard waste according to OSHA standards.
• Safeguards proper patient information is entered into the ultrasound machine and that ultrasound exams are properly saved in our PACS system.
• Answers incoming calls and handles other office duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has indirect supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a clinic environment. This role is routinely exposed to common health care conditions, smells, noises, chemicals and such. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.