Wound Care Assistant / Transcriptionist
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LOCATION: New York City – Local Travel Required
Advantage Surgical Wound Care is a nationwide wound care surgical practice that provides exemplary wound care services to patients in post-acute care. We are seeking motivated, reliable, and compassionate medical assistants to work alongside wound care clinicians in the post-acute setting. This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing wound care team!
Schedule: Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:30pm
Requirements: Medical Assistant (front or back office), certified nursing assistant, medical tech, medical transcriptionist, or licensed vocational nurse.
Required Skills:
Traveling role: Ability to drive to multiple long term care facilities in New York Area – reliable transportation a must
- Ability to observe wounds and assist with procedures
- Ability to transcribe medical dictation
- Basic computer skills
- Ensure HIPPA compliance
- Ability to lift and reposition patients and practice good body mechanics
- Exceptional communication skills are required.
Ability to interact and treat patients and peers with fairness, compassion, respect, and sensitivity to cultural/social difference
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist providers with minor wound care procedures and exams
- Assist/perform wound dressings, patient care, repositioning, transferring, documentation.
- Provide patient comfortable experience during wound care procedures
- Transcribe dictation into medical records accurately and efficiency
- Insurance verification and authorization, billing codes.
- Obtain required documentation from the medical record and send to the corporate office
- Electronic Medical Record data entry
- Ongoing communication with nurses and liaison for ASWC and customer
- Maintain proper infection control as per protocol