Medical Assistant (Part-Time)
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Friday
Hours: 8 Hour Shifts (8a-5p)
Days: Monday, Tuesday & Friday
Hours: 8 Hour Shifts (8a-5p)
Location: Vincennes, Indiana
Job Summary:
This position includes all MAs, RMAs/CMAs. Under the direction of the Director of Operations, this employee assists doctors during office. Regular attendance is an essential part of this job.
Essential Functions:
Job Summary:
This position includes all MAs, RMAs/CMAs. Under the direction of the Director of Operations, this employee assists doctors during office. Regular attendance is an essential part of this job.
Essential Functions:
- Obtains vitals on patients
- Schedules all testing, surgery, injections
- Initiates pre-certs for all testing, surgeries and injections
- Prepares injections for patients and assists doctors with the injections
- Obtains, prints out, and faxes History and Physicals on all surgeries
- Places patients in rooms, obtains needed x-rays, performs staple-suture removal, cast removal, dressing removal, and applies new dressings and Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
- Keeps all physician’s surgeries, business, and personal appointments on doctor’s calendar.
- Schedules depositions for doctor
- Obtains current medication list from patient and documents in EHR
- Talks with surgery center to ensure proper equipment is available for each case
- Documents, calls in or e-scribes each prescription after approval from doctor
- Returns and documents every clinical patient call
- Explains to patients the instructions they will have to follow after surgery
- Reviews all testing results and forwards necessary ones to doctor
- Maintains diagnostic testing logbook
- Obtains x-ray reports on all outside x-rays
- Ensures a copy of surgery face sheet is returned to the office
- Marks CPT and ICD-10 codes for surgery charges
- Reviews Didn’t Keep Appointment (DKA) charts and sends reminders to patients as needed
- Ability to cover other positions in the office such as scribe and front desk.
- The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.
Job Qualifications:
- Certification as RMA or CMA preferred or experience working in a clinical setting
- Orthopedic experience a plus
- Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and organizational skills required
- Ability to use critical thinking and sound judgement
- Computer skills required with ability to learn new computer programs quickly
- Ability to relate to the public and show compassion