Wound Care Assistant / Transcriptionist

## Description

# **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