Medical Assistant - Orthopedics Clinic; Olathe Medical Park (SW KC Mkt campus); FT role

Medical Assistant - Orthopedics Clinic

Join our team at Olathe Health Medical Park North, located on West 151st Street. This full-time role in our Orthopedics Clinic offers a supportive environment with hours from Monday to Friday, including an hour lunch break.

Job Description

• Ensure efficient flow of patients through the health care setting by facilitating examination and treatment in a culturally sensitive manner with exceptional customer service.
• Contribute to patient care by preparing patients for visits, performing limited procedures, scheduling diagnostic tests or consults, maintaining patient records, organizing clinic/exam rooms, and maintaining supply/equipment inventory.
• Assist physicians, nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members in patient care.
• Accurately schedule tests, obtain films and reports, and prepare laboratory specimens according to policy.
• Collaborate with members of the health care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient care; may record elements of the patient history for clinical staff review.
• Electronically submit, call, and/or fax prescriptions and refills to outpatient pharmacies.
• Maintain medical records; ensure all required documentation is available; distribute reports and correspondence; file, photocopy, and process forms related to medical charts.
• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms; stock assigned areas and ensure par levels of supplies are maintained; check and complete required logs and equipment checks.
• Perform clerical duties such as greeting patients, registration, scheduling, pre-certification of tests, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, answering phones, and entering ambulatory care charges.
• Perform simple procedures as directed by the nurse or physician as defined on the competency checklist.
• Perform vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures and document in the medical record.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program OR Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) - National Healthcare Association (NHA) OR Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) - National Association for Health Professionals OR 1 or more years of Medical Assistant experience in an ambulatory/outpatient setting.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days of hire.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.