Medical Assistant / Research Assistant
About The Position
This is a full-time position that combines the duties of a Medical Assistant and a Research Assistant. As a Medical Assistant, you will perform administrative and clinical duties under the direction of a provider, including scheduling, record maintenance, billing, and patient preparation for examinations. As a Research Assistant, you will collaborate with a principal investigator and fellow research assistants to maintain clinical-outcome databases, create academic posters for national conferences, and contribute to research projects for publication in leading orthopedic journals. This role offers hands-on experience and the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of anatomy and surgical techniques through data entry and reviewing operative notes.
Requirements
- 0–1 years of experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Advanced proficiency organizing and analyzing large data sets.
- Advanced proficiency using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with basic statistical methods.
- Demonstrated problem-solving acumen.
- Self-driven, motivated to learn, and able to work with limited supervision.
Nice To Haves
- Aspirations for healthcare/MD/PA/NP track.
Responsibilities
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs, weight, and height.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Prepare medications as directed by a physician.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as drawing up injections or removing sutures.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean, restocking supplies in the rooms.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Triage clinical calls from patients and redirect, advise, collect information as needed and appropriate under the providers protocol and supervision.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Suture removal as directed by a physician.
- Cast application and removal as directed by a physician.
- Fit Durable Medical Equipment (DME) as directed by a physician.
- Greet and log in patients arriving in the office or clinic.
- Contact medical facilities or department.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, triaging patient concerns, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Operate ultrasound, or other equipment to assist providers while they administer injections or diagnostic tests.
- Maintain research data, patient files, regulatory binders, and study databases.
- Perform basic data analysis, organizing and analyzing large data sets.
- Coordinate multiple research projects simultaneously.
- Keep track of prospective studies, coordinate with multiple institutions in a multicenter study, and facilitate retrospective chart review studies.
- Develop and structure study protocols for submission to the Institutional Review Board.
- Independently perform literature reviews to structure new studies.
- Draft manuscripts for submission and presentation to journals and conferences.
- Act as a study resource for subjects and their families, addressing questions and concerns.
- Orient and supervise new study staff members, including medical students, residents, and fellows.
- Perform any additional duties assigned by your manager or supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
