Medical Assistant
Healthcare
MedicalAssistant-OrthopedicsClinic
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“Medical Assistant - Orthopedics Clinic at Medical Assistant. Skills: Patient care, Clinical assistance, Documentation. Provide clinical and non-clinical assistance. Manage patient flow”
Industry & Context.
Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately; Manage patient and/or co-worker complaints in a calm, positive, non-judgmental manner
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
High School diploma, GED or equivalent or 2 years of appropriate work experience, Current American Heart Association BLS certification
Nice to Have
Certified Medical Assistant
What You'll Do.
Provide clinical and non-clinical assistance
Manage environment of care
Answer phone messages
Schedule authorization of procedures
Measure and record vital signs
Recognize and respond to emergencies
and disinfect equipment
and secure laboratory specimens
Document appropriately in patient medical record
Navigate Electronic Medical Record
Maintain privacy of patient information
Implement safety and infection control
Gather clinical documentation
Obtain medical records from outside facilities
Scan outside correspondence
Answer telephone and route calls
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Interactions with co-workers and staff; Consults and keep clinic managers informed; Manage co-worker complaints
Communication Scope
Interactions with patients, caregivers, customers, co-workers and staff; Manage patient and/or co-worker complaints; Discussing issues only with appropriate persons
Full Job Description
Your job is more than a job. **Medical Assistant or Certified Medical Assistant** **Full-time** **Orthopedics Clinic** **New Orleans, LA (University Medical Center)** As a Medical Assistant, you’re on the front line of care. You’ve developed that sixth sense of anticipating and answering the needs of your patients. You provide clinical and non-clinical assistance to physicians, providers and licensed staff in the management of patient flow and the environment of care such as answering phone messages, scheduling authorization of procedures, surgeries, deliveries and stepping in as needed to cover other duties that fall within the scope of non-licensed staff. Your personal prescription for patient care includes a healthy dose of kindness, respect, and empathy with everything you do. You emit positive energy in everything you do. No one else can do what you do, the way you do it, and you can consider that your personal power. We love the way you think. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this medical assistant role. **Your Everyday** ** _GENERAL DUTIES_** **Clinical** : Measures and records appropriate vital signs, identifies abnormal values and reports findings to the appropriate nursing staff or medical provider. Assists with patient arrival to the clinic, schedules new and follow-up patient appointments and facilitates a smooth patient exit from clinic. Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policy and procedure. Provides for comfort needs of patients with consideration of age and special needs. Demonstrates a working knowledge of clinic equipment, including preparation of equipment, testing of equipment for safety prior to use on patients, cleaning and disinfecting of equipment (between patients and at clinic’s end) according to hospital policy. Maintains linens, supplies, equipme
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