Medical Assistant/Floater
TOC- The Orthopaedic Center•Huntsville, AL
•Hybrid
About The Position
This role involves assisting various orthopedic physicians under the direction of the Clinical Coordinator. The Medical Assistant/Floater will provide coverage for clinical teams as needed, perform general nursing duties, and support physicians with various tasks related to patient care and administrative duties. This position requires the ability to travel locally to satellite offices as the schedule requires and maintain friendly and professional patient communication.
Requirements
- HS Diploma or GED required
- ROT or CCMA certification required by the first 90 days of employment
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, TOC physicians and staff
- Ability to work under pressure, multitask and meet deadlines
- Outstanding organizational, verbal and writing skills
- Independent, self-starting and highly motivated
- Strong patient care and interpersonal skills
- Proven positive, “teamwork” attitude and work history
Nice To Haves
- Minimum one year full time clinical experience in healthcare preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist various orthopedic physicians under the direction of Clinical Coordinator
- Provide coverage for clinical teams as needed
- Perform general nursing duties
- Perform suture/staple removal
- Perform wound care/dressing changes
- Drawing up meds; calling in medications
- Application of sterile fields
- Application and removal of casts and splints
- Locate any necessary imaging, test results or reports for upcoming appointments
- Schedule and precert MRI’S, lab work, procedures, and surgeries
- Prepare exam rooms, restock supplies for clinic, power up computers, etc.
- Prepare for clinic by printing out patient information as requested by physician
- Assist with verifying pre-op labs and scheduling surgery clearances as needed
- Assist other team members as needed
- Fill out disability, return-to-work, and insurance forms
- Obtain physician signature on miscellaneous forms
- Travel locally to satellite offices as schedule requires
- Friendly and Professional patient communication when answering and returning patient phone calls, providing various forms of patient education and handouts, escorting patients to and from exam rooms, appointment/surgery reminder calls, responding to and chart patient messages and communicating test results to patients with direction from physician
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
