What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Plastic Surgery Services?
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANTS:
Reports to: RN, Office Manager, Physician
Department Name: Pre-op, OR, Office
Position Summary:
Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the areas of perioperative and clinic services for all patients.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:
- Promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization
- Assesses patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.
- Assists in Implementing the plan of care by: Protecting the patient from injury causes by chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources and extraneous objects;
- Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;
- Performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;
- Managing the patient’s specimens in the appropriate manner;
- Communicating the patient’s current status to the appropriate parties throughout the continuum of care;
- Performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;
- Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;
- Performing interventions to protect the patient form surgical site infection;
- Assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;
- Providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedures;
- Actively involving the patient or designated support person in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;
- Protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy;
- Providing culturally and age-appropriate, ethical care within legal standards of practice;
- And providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.
- Evaluated the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Transfers care as appropriate.
- Documents nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
- Collaborates effectively with other disciplines as appropriately.
- Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects.
- Uses problem-solving and conflict resolutions skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.
- Maintains required competencies.
- Pursues professional growth
- Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
Qualifications:
Current Medical Assistant licensure in state of employment
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Preferred:
CMA-certified medical assistant
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:
- Physically demanding, fast-paced environment
- Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and repetitive motions
- Pushing and pulling heavy objects
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients
- Manual and finger dexterity
- Hand and eye coordination
- Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
- Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Corrected vision and hearing to with normal range
- Working under stressful conditions
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $19.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
Medical Specialty:
- Dermatology
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- Medical Assisting: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- Certified Medical Assistant (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $19