Orthopedic Technician Medical Assistant

CHI Mercy Health; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Mercy Health is seeking a Medical Assistant to provide essential clinical and administrative support in a healthcare setting. The role involves assisting with patient care, maintaining accurate patient records, and managing front desk operations while ensuring compliance with hospital standards.

Benefits

Education Benefit program

Responsibilities

• Providing basic patient care and treatment assistance.
• Assisting with obtaining vital signs and patient history.
• Coordinating ongoing orthopedic needs with providers.

Job description

Responsibilities

A Medical Assistant plays a crucial role in healthcare settings, providing both administrative and clinical support to ensure the smooth operation of medical offices, clinics, and hospitals. Their responsibilities include:

• Providing basic patient care and treatment assistance.
• Assisting with obtaining vital signs, documenting chief complaints, obtaining patient history, and supporting physicians, residents, and licensed nursing personnel.
• Alerting physicians of problems, concerns, or abnormalities.
• Performing casting, splinting, traction application, and soft good applications as an Orthopedic Technician.
• Coordinating ongoing orthopedic needs with providers, residents, nurse practitioners, and nurses.
• Assisting with wound care.
• Maintaining hospital standards for specimen labeling and collecting laboratory specimens per protocol.
• Assisting providers during examinations, treatments, and procedures.
• Retrieving necessary equipment and supplies.
• Performing follow-up actions as directed.
• Documenting clinically relevant findings in patient records following protocols.
• Conducting front desk duties such as check-in, registration, and scheduling.
• Completing full patient registration in IDX for new patients.
• Ensuring patient information is current and accurate during follow-ups.
• Verifying insurance eligibility and benefits.

Dignity Health offers an Education Benefit program for eligible employees after 180 days, providing debt relief and student loan assistance, up to $18,000 for full-time and $9,000 for part-time employees over five years.