Medical Office Assistant-Columbia NE

Medical University of South Carolina • Columbia, SC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Office Assistant provides constant and efficient operations of the physician medical office. Duties to include scheduling, patient registration, telephone triage, medical records, billing, and collections. Coordinate and participate in a variety of duties associated with daily clinic preparation process, patient identification, patient check in/out, charge posting, cash management and patient appointment scheduling. Position also involves customer service, message distribution, ancillary scheduling and preparation, and referrals management.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency plus one year of patient care experience in a health care facility; or a Certified Nursing Assistant; or successful completion of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant course at an accredited institution or equivalent training; or EMT or Paramedic certification; or a Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative coverage at the front desk of the Clinic including monitoring the clinic appointment line to include scheduling appointments for clients from outside medical, hospital, correction systems.
• Answer multiline telephones.
• Take payments from clients for clinical services.
• Complete client registration, and documentation.
• Schedule interpreters for clients.
• Retrieve billing charges.
• Scheduling, patient registration, telephone triage, medical records, billing, and collections.
• Coordinate and participate in a variety of duties associated with daily clinic preparation process, patient identification, patient check in/out, charge posting, cash management and patient appointment scheduling.
• Customer service, message distribution, ancillary scheduling and preparation, and referrals management.

Benefits

• Affordable medical insurance
• FREE employee dental insurance
• Vision insurance starting around $6/month
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Optional term life insurance starting around $0.40/month
• MUSC Community Physicians contributes 5.15% of your eligible salary directly into your SHARP retirement account.
• 401(k)
• 403(b)
• 457 Plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Certification bonus opportunities
• Continuing education
• Professional development
• Opportunities to grow across MUSC Health throughout South Carolina
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Discounts & Wellness Programs

What This Job Offers

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