Description

• Maintains accurate surgical records for surgeons as outlined in company standards and guidelines.
• Maintain communication with Surgical Vision Coordinators, MEC Surgeons and their teams, ASC and Hospital staff and properly document all procedures performed outside of MEC by our surgeons.
• Maintains 5% or less error rate on chart documentation and scanning.
• Adheres to the Protocol "Adding and retrieving surgical items from EMA"
• Advises supervisor of any changes or discrepancies in the protocol "Adding and retrieving surgical items from EMA"
• Submit completed daily work log including all cases scheduled that day with a printout of procedures documented in the Electronic Health Record for MEC. Maintains 5% or less error rate.
• Properly manage time to stay within required 40 hours, unless practice needs dictate otherwise and/or overtime requested by supervisor/director.
• Cross train with co-workers to prepare for time off and provide coverage for team mates.
• Maintain patient confidentiality
• Attends required meetings.
• Ability to speak, understand and write fluent English
• Knowledge of correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Proficiency in alphabetizing and spelling
• Ability to write legibly
• Ability to calculate mathematical formulas.
• Reviews appropriate reports on a regular basis as outlined in company standards and guidelines.
• Does not engage in gossip, and non-productive behavior as outlined in the company handbook

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Summary of Responsibilities: Responsible for documentation of all lasers, procedures and surgeries at the ambulatory surgery center and local hospitals in the patient electronic health records. Serves as liaison between surgeon, facility, pre-op staff, etc. Position requires good understanding of ophthalmic practice and surgical and laser procedures.

Education:

Required: High school diploma or equivalent

Minimum Background Requirements

• Two years previous experience or training in this or similar position in a medical practice.
• College degree desired, but not required

Minimum Demonstrated Skills

• Proficiency on a PC
• Proficiency using a photocopier
• Proficiency handling multiple telephone lines
• Proficiency using a Scanner

Physical Demands:

• Must be in good mental and physical condition to withstand the medium to high levels of stress and demands of a mentally and physically active position.
• Manual dexterity, good eye-hand coordination, adequate vision and hearing needed in daily work.
• Must be able to deal with routine to moderate levels of stress on a routine basis
• Sitting 70% of the time
• Walking 20% of the time
• Standing 10% of the time.
• Medical office environment

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2503035879
Requisition #: 2503035879

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