CAREERS

Job description

Come work Monday through Friday with top notch providers of orthopedic care services. We are looking for our next enthusiastic team member who is determined to make a positive difference in the lives of our patients AND enjoy a reasonable work/life balance. This role is ideal for those taking a GAP year prior to applying to medical or PA school.

Clinic Summary

Orthopedic Physician Associates (OPA), a partner with SCA Health, is Seattle’s premier provider of orthopedic services. Our physicians and clinical staff work together to ensure that patients receive complete orthopedic care, whether surgical or nonsurgical, for problems or diseases of the bones, joints and muscles. OPA Physicians are known regionally and throughout the world as leaders in their fields. They lecture frequently, train others and develop new surgical techniques and many of the breakthrough hardware used in today’s surgeries.

Position Summary

The primary role of the Medical Assistant to the Physician is to provide direct clinical and administrative support to the physicians. General purpose is to classify and route patient phone calls, questions, and correspondence.

Essential Qualities

The essential qualities necessary include, but are not limited to:

• Patient and pleasant personality; works well with a variety of people
• Flexible attitude
• Team player
• Interfaces well with staff and physicians
• Professional demeanor
• Dependable
• Eager to learn

Training will be Provided for Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the physician with patients seen in office
• Perform minor office procedures (removing sutures, dressing changes, etc.)
• Answer medical questions in office and on the phone, screening appointments and acting as liaison between patient & physician
• Preview physician’s schedule and troubleshoot as needed
• Arrange patients surgery and test scheduling
• Perform pre and post-operative patient education
• Post-operative follow-up with patients
• Prescription callbacks
• Organize physician mail, etc., as needed
• Process test results
• Assist as directed by Physician/Supervisor/Administrator/Director
• Assist other Medical Assistants as needed
• Backup to cast technician
• Must follow all polices as outlined in Employee Handbook

Education/Experience/Skill

• Degree/current certification as a MA (we will facilitate MA-R)
• Athletic Trainer- Certified
• 1+ years in an outpatient clinic setting (orthopedic desired)

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Problem solving skills
• Skill in using a computer
• Knowledge of orthopedics and trauma (desired)
• Ability to remove oneself personally from given situations, remaining objective in stressful situations
• Ability to exhibit cooperation, flexibility, and provide assistance when interfacing with patients, physicians and staff
• Ability to multi-task
• Skill in organizing and reporting information that is accurate and complete
• Understanding of the need for and evidence of consistent respect for confidentiality
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all staff
• Ability to prepare records in accordance with detailed instructions
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Consistency and timeliness in attendance
• Outpatient clinic organizational ability
• Ability to work independently, with little supervision

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The work environment/physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit
• Work is performed in an office hospital and surgical environment
• Some bending and stretching required
• Use of telephone is required.
• Manual dexterity required for use of surgical instruments, and computer keyboard
• Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours.

This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.

Benefits

Competitive wage dependent upon experience. There are no weekends shifts and there are 9 paid holidays off plus a Floating Holiday! SCA Health offers a generous benefits package including medical/dental/vision coverage, 401k with 4% match and generous PTO. Parking is provided.

SCA Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and we welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply.

All employment decisions at SCA Health are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 – $28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Email your resume to careers@opaortho.com