Medical Assistant - Orthopaedics

                    

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Job Title

Medical Assistant - Orthopaedics

                        

Location

Garfield Hts

                    

Facility

CC Sports Health Center

                     

Department

Ambulatory Operations Transition-Regional Operations

                      

Job Code

C15016

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Medical Assistant – Orthopaedics    

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Sports Medicine Center and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Cleveland Clinic’s Sports Medicine Center provides top-quality patient care to athletes at the recreational, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Some of the teams that Cleveland Clinic works with are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Charge, Cleveland Guardians, and Premier Hockey Foundation.    

All athletes deserve the very best sports-related care and treatment that’s one-on-one and state-of-the-art. At Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Center, this involves conditioning to become stronger and faster, maximizing abilities, treating injuries if they do occur and improving future performance. Our center brings together top orthopaedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists, athletic trainers, registered dietitians, radiologists and exercise physiologists to keep athletes in the game. Our experts treat athletes in all sports, all ages and skill levels. 

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am – 4:30pm. Hours may vary based on clinic needs. Additionally, a caregiver in this role may work at other sites as needed.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.  

• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.  

• Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.  

• Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an approved medical assisting program OR military training as a hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1).   

• Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience.  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Medical Assisting certification.  

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period.  

• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship.  

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