Medical Assistant - Vincennes

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Days:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

Hours:

7:00a-4:30p ET

Location:

Vincennes, Indiana

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.

• 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.
• Ability to travel and cover shifts in Evansville as needed.
• The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.

• Certification as RMA/CMA/CCMA 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