Certified Surgical Technologist - Office

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Director of Clinical Services, this employee assists doctors during office. Regular attendance is an essential part of this job.

Essential Functions:

Obtains vitals on patients

Schedules all testing, surgery, injections

Initiates pre-certs for all testing, surgeries and injections

Prepares injections for patients and assists doctors with the injections

Obtains, prints out, and faxes History and Physicals on all surgeries

Places patients in rooms, obtains needed x-rays, performs staple-suture removal, cast removal, dressing removal, and applies new dressings and Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

Keeps all physician’s surgeries, business, and personal appointments on doctor’s calendar.

Schedules depositions for doctor

Obtains current medication list from patient and enters into EHR

Communicates with surgery center to insure proper equipment is available for each case

Documents, calls in or e-scribes each prescription after approval from doctor

Returns and documents every clinical patient call

Explains to patients the instructions they will have to follow after surgery

Reviews all testing results and forwards necessary ones to doctor

Maintains diagnostic testing log book

Obtains x-ray reports on all outside x-rays

Ensures a copy of surgery face sheet is returned to the office

Marks CPT and ICD-10 codes for surgery charges

Reviews Didn’t Keep Appointment (DKA) charts and sends reminders to patients as needed

Updates hospital privileges annually

OR time is possible, but limited

Additional Responsibilities:

Cross covers other doctors as necessary

Obtains necessary Continuing Medical Education credits (CMEs) unless grand fathered in.

Works in Urgent Care on a Saturday rotation schedule

In a rotation of NAON or AST Meetings for CMEs

• The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not intended to be all-inclusive.
  
  
  

Job Qualifications:

Current Surgical Technologist Certification required

Prior experience in an office setting a plus

Proven ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment

Prior Experience In Orthopaedics Preferred

Ability to learn new computer programs quickly

Strong verbal and interpersonal skills

Ability to work with all doctors and nurse