With 150+ locations in 17 states, QualDerm Partners is the largest multi-state female-founded and owned dermatology network in the U.S. At QualDerm we are united in our purpose: to educate, protect, and care for your skin. We are committed to bringing you the very best in comprehensive skin care so that you can achieve a confident, healthier, and more beautiful you!
Our mission is to educate communities and healthcare professionals about the importance of skin health; including skin cancer prevention, risk factors and how to achieve healthy skin through annual skin exams and dermatologic care.
We strive to provide the latest proven, proactive and comprehensive dermatologic care to populations in the expanding geographies we serve by making high-quality skin care timelier and more accessible all while creating a rewarding work environment for our providers and employees. Not only do we offer aggressive compensation and benefit packages, but we offer a culture that is unsurpassed!
Job Summary:
This position documents verbatim all information conveyed by the patient throughout the examination and assists and directs day to day delivery of health care and patient care management. This position reports directly to the Nurse Supervisor; and receives supervision from the following: Physicians, Medical Providers, and the Practice Administrator.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares patients for examination and treatment by escorting them from the waiting area to the exam room. Takes patient’s history (HPI), determines chief complaint, verifies their medical and surgical histories, current medications, etc., and takes vital signs if applicable.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- Prior to surgery, reviews and completes required surgical documents prior to appointment with recent test results and correspondence and determines needed services per practice protocol.
- Prior to patient visit, confers with Medical Provider regarding any incomplete patient tests/consults or other incomplete orders.
- Responds to patient communications. Contacts patients regarding test results and schedules further surgical treatment(s).
- Gives injections, assists with examinations and office procedures as needed; and provides other patient care services as directed by the Medical Providers.
- Performs suture removals as directed by the Medical Providers.
- Effectively uses EMR system to document patient records using proper English grammar, spelling, and syntax.
- Verifies all patient/specimen information corresponds with tissue specimen(s). Records tissue specimen(s) and enters them into log.
- Assist with exams, biopsies, surgeries, and excisions. Assist with bringing up pictures on iPad and drawing blood.
