Full-Time
Medical Assistant
Integrated Dermatology
No salary listed
Waldorf, MD, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- A college graduate or other individual interested in exploring opportunities in an in-office surgical setting.
Responsibilities
- Collect patient information/history, taking vitals and performing screenings per provider guidelines.
- Use sterile technique to prepare procedure rooms and surgical trays.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures in adherence to HIPAA regulations.
- Obtain a pertinent patient history and physical, communicating the information back to the dermatologic surgeon. Describe removal of the lesion, repair options, and postoperative wound care.
- Assist with documentation in electronic medical record.
- Record, manage, and update malignant and non-malignant pathology results in log.
- Drape and prepare surgical site while maintaining sterile field, numb surgical site by injecting local anesthesia, achieve hemostasis using handheld cautery device, bandage patients appropriately based on surgical site.
- Assist physician during all procedures (passing instruments, blotting, cutting sutures, etc).
- Additional direct patient care responsibilities available with experience.
- Gap year students welcome; ideally, two-year commitment but will seriously consider exceptional candidates for a shorter one-year term for bachelor’s degree candidates interested in later pursuing physician assistant, nursing, or medical school.
Desired Qualifications
- Successful completion of the Medical Assistant program or equivalent hospital program preferred.
- Minimum of one-year work experience in a medical practice preferred.
- No experience is necessary, although it will be viewed favorably.
- Gap year students welcome.