Clinic/Practice Assistant, Endocrinology

Mass General Brigham • Medford, OR

104d • $17 - $23 • Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites. Mystic Healthcare offers endocrinologist medical services in Medford and the surrounding Mystic Valley and Greater Boston areas. Mystic Healthcare is committed to building healthier communities in the Medford area, and that’s why we’re bringing world-class health care affiliated with Mass General Brigham to your neighborhood. Our experienced team of endocrinology doctors and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist offers comprehensive, compassionate care with convenient access to cardiac testing, labs and imaging. We are located at 101 Main Street, Suite 107 Medford, MA 02155. We are seeking a full- full time 40-hour clinic/practice assistant to support our practice onsite Monday- Friday. Mondays from 7:00am-3:30pm Tuesdays through Fridays from 8:00am-4:30pm Our Clinic/Practice Assistants play an integral part in the operations of our community-based physician practices. Dedicated to administrative support, these Assistants serve as the gatekeepers of our practices and ensure that our team is delivering the highest quality experience that exceeds our patients' expectations. As the only Clinic/Practice Assistant for the specialty, this role is a unique opportunity to work autonomously as the epicenter of the department while also collaborating with various members of the multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required
• healthcare office experience 0-1 year required
• Basic Proficiency with all Office Suite.
• Knowledge of office operations and standards and understanding of office procedures including filing, copying, scanning, printing and faxing.
• Ability to use phone system and manage more non-routine phone calls and solve routine issues as appropriate.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience and Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents, to correspond and communicate with others clearly and effectively (including composing/editing e-mail, memos and letters), and to take complete and accurate messages.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Well organized and good time management skills to manage multiple tasks effectively, follow established protocols, and work within systems.

Responsibilities

• Leading up to the patient visit, Practice Assistants schedule all appointments and obtain Prior Authorizations from insurances when needed for specific exams.
• During the patient's visit, the focus is check-in, which includes greeting patients, answering all of their questions, and assisting with any pre-visit paperwork/forms.
• At the conclusion of the visit, during check-out, Practice Assistants are tasked with the completion of forms, collection of co-payments, and scheduling follow-up appointments, tests, and/or procedures.
• Other duties include fielding all incoming telephone calls and triaging appropriately, monitoring patient flow and waiting room activity, and providing general support to practice leadership, clinicians, and peers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED