Orthopedics Medical Assistant — Dual Campus (FT)

Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital; Centerville (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital is seeking a Medical Assistant (MA) for Orthopedics to support clinicians across the Centerville and Clayton offices. The role involves preparing treatment rooms, documenting medical histories, taking vital signs, and assisting with procedures in a high-volume orthopedic setting.

Responsibilities include patient prep, EMR documentation, front desk tasks, medication administration as directed, specimen collection, and coordination of referrals and follow-ups.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Active Medical Assistant certification/license required within 6 month of hire date.
• Current BLS certification required upon hire.
• Medical Assistant (MA) experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Clerical physician office experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understands and adheres to the legal responsibilities and requirements within the Medical Assistant (MA) role.
• Identifies significant changes in patient condition through data collection and reports them to the provider.
• Troubleshoots issues and escalates problems to provider, direct supervisor, or appropriate internal resource.
• Demonstrates standards of excellence in care in all interactions, for both internal and external customers.
• Maintains clinical and administrative skills per the departmental competency guidelines to meet patient care and daily operational needs.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Collect blood or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Assist provider in procedure and prepare testing for tissue collection.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance and other forms.
• Successfully completes skills or competency checklists to be able to help physicians examine and treat patients.
• Ability to collaboratively work with providers, specialists, patients, families, and teams within a high-volume environment.
• Maintains a safe and supportive environment by keeping the work area, exam rooms, and equipment in clean, orderly, and safe manner.
• Documents in electronic medical records (EMR) accurately and appropriately.
• Manages in basket messages in the electronic health record (EHR) under the Providers verbatim instructions.
• Performs front desk workflows (i.e., My Chart requests, patient registration, scheduling, phone triage, cash handling, and check-in/check-out).
• Follows up on orders, appointments, referrals, and follow up visits and collects co-pays as needed.
• Other duties include, but not limited to, ordering supplies appropriately, tracking referrals, labs and diagnostic tests, disposing of contaminated supplies, inventory and tracking of current medication/sample medication stock, performing quality control and calibration testing on equipment, etc.
• Assists with total care management activities, ensuring patient care coordination and adherence to clinical protocols and regulatory standards.
• Identifying TCM patients that need follow-up care, scheduling visits, keeping medication lists and other health care encounters up to date.
• Retrieves faxes from system and appropriately distributes/completes items per physician preference
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Medical Assistant certification/license

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital is seeking a Medical Assistant (MA) for Orthopedics to support clinicians across the Centerville and Clayton offices. The role involves preparing treatment rooms, documenting medical histories, taking vital signs, and assisting with procedures in a high-volume orthopedic setting.

Responsibilities include patient prep, EMR documentation, front desk tasks, medication administration as directed, specimen collection, and coordination of referrals and follow-ups.