MEDICAL ASSISTANT

MEDICAL ASSISTANT- Check out this opportunity

Greater Miami area

Are you ready for a CAREER instead of just a job? This is an exciting opportunity to work, learn and grow with a company that will provide you with:

A Culture of Caring with a team that invests the time and resources to foster your growth as a health care professional.
An environment that encourages health care research for more efficient patient care.
The opportunity for you to work with the latest technology and treatments.
The advantage of being a part of a nation-wide family of professionals with shared interests who work together to reach a common goal of better health for people in Florida.

Full-time opportunity - 8:15am to 5:00pm with occasional additional hours.

Minimum of 2 years of experience Required

Highly Competitive Compensation & a Fantastic Benefits Program

At iRISE, we are passionate about healthcare and compassionate about helping people restore their quality of life. If you share the same drive to help people find relief from chronic pain, push the limits of healthcare technology and create a patient-centric environment where our patients can thrive, then we want you to join our team.

iRISE employs over 20 providers within 12 clinics to work together to deliver the most advanced integrated care in Florida and Tennessee.

OVERVIEW: Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of provider by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Rooms patients as per protocol.
Interviews patients appropriately & documents in EMR.
Obtains vitals as necessary including pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight, and height, and documents in EMR.
Assists with post-operative patients as needed: suture and/or staple removals, wound cleaning, dressing changes, steri-strip application, etc.
Obtain consents as necessary as per protocol for patients.
Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
Drapes patients with covering and positions instruments and equipment as necessary.
Assists with sterile procedures.
Ability to set up and maintain sterile field.
Accurately performs medication count.
Maintains logs as per protocol.
Assist, hands instruments and materials to provider as directed.
Cleans and sterilizes equipment & instruments per protocol.
Cleans patient exam room as appropriate.
Inventories and orders medical supplies and materials as needed.
Prepares injections for providers as necessary as per protocol.
Assists with consents as per protocol.
Documents in the medical record appropriately and accurately.
Assists with providers in ordering diagnostic imaging, etc. and assisting with referrals as per protocol.
Performs blood draws on patients as necessary.
Patient information is appropriately recorded into EMR.
Assist with phones when needed.
Documents telephone encounters in EMR as per protocol.
Provide coverage in multiple locations.
Other duties as assigned including administrative and/or non-clinical duties.
Maintains HIPAA confidentiality.

KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of all related medical testing, injections and surgeries.
Knowledge of clinical lab functions.
Knowledge of patient charting and recordkeeping processes.

SKILLS:

Good interpersonal skills.
Solid problem-solving skills.
Attentive to detail.
Good computer and technology skills.

ABILITIES:

Excellent oral and written communications abilities.
Well organized.
Able to correctly operate all related medical equipment.
Bilingual (Spanish/Creole) preferred.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and TRAINING:

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
2-4 years experience preferred; experience in orthopedics or interventional pain management a plus.
Medical assistant school completion

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Medical Assistant diploma or certification

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Light work; exerts up to 20 lbs. occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. frequently.

This is an opportunity to find a career in a growing healthcare organization that will provide stability and growth - An Opportunity Worth YOU!