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Job title: Medical Assistant
Reports to: Nursing Supervisor
Summary
This position, under general supervision, performs the day to day nursing duties for a specifically assigned physician through treatment, discharge and follow-up on a designated pod
Essential Functions
Activity and knowledge requirements
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Essential functions
Primary activities 95 percent of time
- Performs the day-to-day nursing activities as the medical assistant, in accordance with AOC policies and procedures. Duties include, but are not limited to: Triaging patients, case management administering injections & medications, charting as required, triaging phone messages, calling in orders to area hospitals per physician, placing and removing casts as required and ordering supplies.
- Maintains a working knowledge of the physician's specialty, through CME's and other classes to remain proficient in the related field of nursing.
- Provides patient and family education through handouts and other media sources as necessary
- Maintains records and documentation, collects, records, and prepares data as needed
- May be required to work for non-assigned physicians from other pods, may be assigned non- nursing duties as deemed necessary by nursing supervisor
Other activities 5 percent of time
As assigned by Supervisor or Operations Manager
The above specified tasks may not be the only duties assigned. Employees will be required to carry out any other job-related instructions requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- Alabama Nursing License and/or Medical Asst Certification
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Not required for this position
Activity and knowledge requirements Work environment
- Normal exposure to weather and temperature extremes.
- Normal amount of overtime or extended work hours required.
Physical effort
- Normal physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place.
- Normal physical agility, which includes ability to maneuver body while in place.
- Normal physical strength to handle routine office materials and tools.
- Above average physical strength to handle 50-100 pounds, taking frequency into consideration.
- Normal dexterity of hands and fingers.
- Normal coordination, including eye-hand, hand-foot.
- Above average endurance.
Knowledge requirements
- High School Graduate/GED and Medical Assistant Certification
- Minimum of 2 years medical assistant experience preferred
- Experience in Othopaedics preferred.
- Must have strong team orientation.
Mental effort
- Normal concentration/intensity.
- Normal memory, taking into consideration the amount and type of information.
- Above average complexity of decision making.
- Normal time pressure of decision making.
Communication
- Normal verbal communication.
- Normal written communication.
- Normal nonverbal communication.
Sensory abilities
- Normal ability to see, distinguish colors and hear.
- Normal sense of touch.
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