Certified Medical Assistant
Certified Medical Assistant
Miller Orthopedic Specialists
Location: Council Bluffs, IA
Company Profile:
As a board certified orthopedic surgeon, he was on the design team for DePuy’s new P.F.C. Sigma Rotating Platform Mobile Bearing Knee. This knee replacement device offered younger patients who needed surgery the opportunity to have the procedure where it previously could not be done.
Dr. Miller grew up and graduated from Clarinda High School. He pursued his bachelors and doctorate degree in medicine from the University of Iowa. He completed his orthopedic internship at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone. His two residencies were completed at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Miller built his practice in Omaha and Council Bluffs with hard work and by providing his patients excellent care. He expanded his practice over the years by adding additional orthopedic specialists to round out the practice in providing total orthopedic care for Southwest Iowa and Nebraska. With his departure from the practice in 2007, there were four orthopedic specialists and one podiatrist. Miller Orthopedic Specialists has now grown.
Responsibilities:
- Helps patients by providing information, services, and assistance.
- Maintains medical supplies inventory and performing preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.
- Verifies patient information by interviewing patients, recording medical history, and confirming the purpose of visit.
- Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; and reporting patient history summary.
- Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; counsel patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery.
- Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
- Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.
- Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs.
- Obtain insurance authorization for surgical and testing and procedures.
- Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; and federal, state, and local requirements.
- Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Supply management
- Verbal communication
- Infection control
- Creating a safe, effective environment
- Organization
- Scheduling
- Professionalism
- Customer focus
- Confidentiality
- Bedside manner
- Medical teamwork
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) "Certification is required"
- 1+ years in a medical office
- Experience with EMR (electronic medical records), medical terminology
- Previous experience in orthopedics is preferred, but not required
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