Provide medical assistance within an orthopaedics department. Specifically focus on supporting casting procedures and patient care.
Requirements summary
Candidates should be qualified as a Medical Assistant. Experience or knowledge in orthopaedics and casting is implied by the job title.
CastingMedical AssistingOrthopaedics
Job description
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Job Title Medical Assistant - Orthopaedics/Casting Location Cleveland Facility Fairview Hospital Department Orthopaedic Surgery-Regional Operations Job Code C15016 Shift Days Schedule 8:30am-5:00pm/8:00am-4:30pm Job Summary Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best.
Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.
On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.
As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will play a vital role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for patients, families, and visitors.
Working collaboratively with clinical and administrative staff, you will support medication management, patient monitoring, and a variety of clinical and office tasks, including assisting with suture and staple removal, dressing changes, DME application, and casting.
This position offers broad clinical exposure through hands-on involvement in patient care, compliance responsibilities, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams.
A caregiver in this role works days from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A caregiver who excels in this role will: Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.
Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.
Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.
Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.
Assist with suture and staple removal, dressing changes, DME application, and casting.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program (As designated by the Enterprise MA Steering Committee) Completion of a clinical externship OR Extensive clinical experience may be considered in lieu of formal clinical externship Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (within new hire period) Current demonstrated clinical proficiency Military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Medical Assisting Certification Successful completion of Cleveland Clinic Externship Interested in casting and bracing Physical Requirements: Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
Note
The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.
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