Medical Assistant - Lakeland

Job Description

Job Description

In this role you will :

Deliver a high volume of orthopedic care by optimizing the physician-patient contact time by ensuring all patients are thoroughly prepared prior to seeing the physician. Ensure the patient thoroughly understands their condition and participate in their care, by enhancing the recovery time. Ensure the patient receives all appropriate information, scripts, patient education materials, etc., to proceed with the next steps of their medical care as per the physicians instructions and protocols.

Key Responsibilities :

• Obtains all charts from Medical Records and ensures all information for the patients visit is available.
• Retrieves patients digital films from Medview system during clinic for physician review.
• Ensures that zones are adequately stocked for the clinic, including medical supplies and prescriptions.
• Escorts the patients into the exam rooms.
• Assists the physician during visit with injections, suture removal, dressing changes, etc.
• Prepares prescriptions and patient education materials.
• Ensures that the patient understands the physicians instructions for sample medications and follow-up care.
• Verifies the charge ticket has been completed correctly.
• Returns outside films to the patient at the end of the appointment unless the physician requests to have the films filed at FOI.
• Returns all charts and films to the appropriate area after clinic ensuring that all paperwork is secured inside patient chart and patient label is placed on any outside film jackets.
• Ensures all DCW25 work comp status forms are placed in the appropriate folder for the Workers Compensation Department.
• Cleans all exam rooms, ensuring red bags and sharps boxes are replaced if applicable.
• Re-stocks all exam rooms and MA station for the next day clinic.
• Assure compliance with all company plans, policies and procedures set forth by the Florida Orthopaedic Institute
• All other duties as assigned.

About You:

• High School Diploma required
• Medical Assistant Diploma or MA Certification required
• Must be willing to travel to all of our clinic locations in the Tampa Bay area
• BLS Certification required within 90 days of employment

We Would Love It If You Also Had:

• Suture removal experience
• Orthopaedic experience
• Athena EMR experience

   

At FOI our goal is to provide our patients with world-class orthopedic care.

Our mission of providing the best care encompasses not only the care the physician provides, but all medical and administrative aspects of the patients encounter with Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) as well. Every staff member plays a vital role in this mission. We take pride in receiving the Patriot Award from the Department of Defense for the support that we give to National Guard and Reserve members who are employed by FOI. We are committed to encouraging a culture of inclusion reflective of the communities we serve, and we provide equal opportunity to all. Florida Orthopaedic Institute conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

What we offer: