Medical Assistant
SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonville is hiring a Medical Assistant
Welcome to Center/Hospital Name
SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonvillewas established by clinical personnel to provide first-class surgical services for the local community in a safe comfortable and welcoming environment.
Medical Assistant – SurgCenter of Greater Jacksonville
Summary and Qualifications
·Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history and confirming purpose of visit.
·Turn over Operating Room
·Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature and reporting patient history summary.
·Coordinates clinical duties as assigned by RN.
·Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential.
·Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery.
·Schedules surgeries by arranging with the surgical center; verifying times with patients; preparing charts, pre-admission and consent forms.
·Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.
·Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.
·Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
·Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
·Adheres to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
Qualifications
·Graduate of an accredited CMA program preferred.
·Minimum 1 year of experience as a Medical Assistant.
·Must have front and back office experience.
·BLS required.
What We Offer
As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following, subject to employment status:
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.