Medical Assistant - Palm Harbor & New Port Richey

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:

• 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.
• Returns outside films to the patient at the end of the appointment.
• 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 or GED
• Medical Assistant Diploma or MA Certification preferred 
• Must be willing to travel to all of our clinic locations in OAWF. 

We Would Love It If You Also Had:

• Suture removal experience
• Orthopaedic experience
• Athena EMR experience