Orthopedic Medical Assistant- Float

Orthopedic Medical Assistant- Float

The Medical Assistant demonstrates the teamwork and collaboration needed to lead a patient focused clinic. The MA will assist the physicians and their care teams and other team members to fulfill MA responsibilities as required to ensure an accurate and professional visit for all patients on the provider's schedule each day. The MA will facilitate the efficient patient flow of the clinic assisting other MA's and working as part of the MA Team, to ensure that patients are seen as quickly and skillfully as possible.

The MA has the capacity to work with multiple providers, quickly learning new protocols when working with a new provider team. They recommend best practices to the Operations Manager to improve clinic processes. In preparing patients for their clinic visit, the MA is responsible for maintaining an accurate and up-to-date EHR chart including data about the patient's present state of health to assist with proper diagnosis.

The MA must be professional in their interactions with the patients; utilizing the AIDET process to exhibit an ability to ask the necessary questions in a manner that is both warm and efficient while effectively maintaining the flow of the clinic schedule.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Provide safe, effective care to patients
• Work independently and execute the AIDET scripting
• Accurately perform vital signs and chart in EHR
• Be an expert on each provider's policies
• Be a resource for all other clinical staff including other MAs, x-ray techs, receptionists, surgery schedulers and the office coordinator
• Draw up medications for providers as needed
• Perform end of shift room turn over
• Assist Provider team with in office procedures, as needed
• Follow all HIPAA, OSHA, and infection control standards and policies at all times
• Manages difficult or emotional patient situations in an effective, professional manner
• Flexibility with schedule in the event that a Provider's clinic periodically runs late
• Other duties as assigned
• Flexibility to travel between locations is required

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Job Type : Full-time

Pay : Starts at 21$ / hour and goes up based on experience

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