Medical Assistant - Orthopaedics  
 

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art facility that is dedicated to providing world class care through advanced specialty care, primary care and surgical services.   
 

General and pediatric orthopaedic care, sports medicine and spine care are offered at Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center. Patients with orthopaedic problems related to the hands and upper extremities, or feet, ankles and knees can access specialty care from our caregivers. This Medical Assistant will support pediatric and shoulder surgeons.
 

A caregiver in this position works 8:00AM – 4:30PM.  
 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.  

• Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.  

• Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.  

• Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an approved medical assisting program OR Military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)

• Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience.  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Medical Assisting certification.  

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period.  

• Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship.  

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Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.