Orthopedic Medical Assistant
Location: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Schedule: Full time, 36-40 hours/week
- shifts vary and can start from 8-10am or noon, and end 5-7pm
- Wednesdays they are open until 7pm
- MAs are asked to have flexibility with their schedule
Pay: $24 – $26/hour temp
Qualifications:
- Certification/registration not a requirement, but preferred
- BLS/CPR required
- Prior ortho experience required (6-12 months)
- 1+ years in healthcare
- EMR experience preferred
- Phlebotomy a plus
- Ultrasound experience a plus
- High school or equivalent
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Prepare patients for their examination, escort them to the exam room and be present, as necessary, for the examination/treatment to assist the physician in treatment procedures
- Be the liaison with the orthopedist in informing reception of any appointments that need to be scheduled to facilitate smooth flow of operations
- Record medical histories and vital signs of patients
- Sterilize equipment before and after treatment and properly dispose used containers and items to avoid infection
- Clean and sterilize rooms and prepare them for the treatment of patients
- Create and fill patients’ chart with relevant and current information about their health condition, and update chart with changes and progress in patients’ health
- Maintain inventory for medications, and clinical supplies as well as BREG
- Application of braces/splints
- Occasional finger puncture for hemoglobin
- Possible venipuncture for PRP injection
- Removal of sutures/staples
- Removal of casts/splints
- Set up and stocking exam rooms
- When necessary, process prescriptions to be filled at the patient’s preferred pharmacy.
Administrative tasks:
- The following are administrative tasks to be completed on the days the CMA is assigned as administrative
- Chart preparation for following day:
- Confirm results of patients’ tests, such as imaging results and other lab results as appropriate
- Confirm that the physician is an existing patient, new patient to physician or new to practice, based on patient history
- Work on tasks/orders sent by providers such as:
- Refills
- Home Care
- Imaging
- Answer incoming telephone calls from physicians and patients as well as entertain inquiries, and facilitate correspondence with regards to their treatment in the office
- Maintain a level of communication with the office PA/Clinical Lead and escalate issues as necessary to them
- Maintain inventory – including but not limited to BREG