About the position
Ventura Orthopedics is dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. We are a team of compassionate professionals committed to delivering high-quality patient care in a supportive environment. We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Medical Assistant with at least 2 years experience to join our team. In this role, you will support our healthcare providers by performing clinical and administrative tasks to ensure smooth and efficient patient care.
Responsibilities
- Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of Physician by performing the following duties.
- Bring patients back to exam rooms, collect vitals and enter into patient chart
- Remove sutures and staples, provide general Wound Care and 1st aid
- Casting/Splinting/Durable Medical Equipment dispensing and documentation
- Blood Draw for PRP under physician supervision
- Enter Labs/Diagnostic Imaging/CPQ’s
- Injection Set Up
- Follow up on Work Comp RFA’s
- Schedule diagnostic tests and post-test appointments
- Contact insurance companies for pre-certification
- Provide patients with supplies ordered by physician
- Clean and stock exam rooms with supplies
- Call in prescription refills/dispense medications to industrial patients
- Contact post operative patients the day after surgery to follow up, enter notes in patient chart
- Call and confirm appointments for Post tests, labs and Epidural injections
- Check voicemail, telephone encounters, and return calls promptly
- Pull films for surgery cases and save to patient chart
- Clean Instruments/Autoclave/Sharp containers, etc.
- Merging daily chart notes, bubble sheets and scanning for Physicians
- Cover other team members if they are out sick or on vacation
- Act as MA floater when your specific physician is on vacation or when you are caught up with your duties and responsibilities
- May need to travel to other offices when there is a coverage need
- When available and able, translate for patients and office staff
- Address fax inbox
- Complete disability forms
- Run CURES reports
Requirements
- Good communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Strong sense of customer/patient service
- Follow dress code and professional appearance
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and twelve to eighteen months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to speak effectively before patients, outside vendors or other employees within the organization
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
- Basic math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing figures
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest and percentages
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
- Current MA Certification
- Current CPR Certification
- Current TB
