Medical Office Assistant
About The Position
At Saint Clare's Health, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, Saint Clare's Health is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team! Saint Clare's Health includes CMS 5-Star Rated hospitals and is an award-winning provider of safe, high quality, compassionate care, serving the communities of Morris, Warren and Sussex counties. Its network of hospitals and healthcare facilities include Denville Hospital, Dover Hospital, Behavioral Health Centers in Boonton, Denville, and Parsippany, and an Imaging Center in Parsippany, among other satellite locations. The hospitals have received multiple quality awards including Leapfrog “A” ratings for patient safety; Healthgrades recognition for orthopedic surgery, treatment of stroke, heart care, various surgical procedures, and more. For information, visit www.saintclares.com . The Medical Office Assistant (MOA) of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is responsible for outpatient throughput, including intake of patient demographics, registration, insurance eligibility and authorization, scheduling, financial counselling, and medical record management. The MOA is also responsible for assisting department leadership in office management, including ordering of supplies, maintaining equipment temperature logs and cleaning schedules, as well as the basic management of a safe environment of care. The MOA must be able to operate a computer to input and retrieve data, communicate with the population served, utilizing age specific techniques from pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, middle adult to geriatrics. The MOA must maintain proficiency in medical terminology and physical medicine CPT codes. Special projects or other assignments may be given with expectations to be completed in a specified timeframe.
Requirements
- Previous hospital experience in a physical medicine office is preferred.
- Knowledge of medical terminology is required.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize needs to meet required timelines
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Customer Services experience required
- High School Diploma
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
Nice To Haves
- Previous hospital experience in a physical medicine office is preferred.
Responsibilities
- outpatient throughput, including intake of patient demographics, registration, insurance eligibility and authorization, scheduling, financial counselling, and medical record management
- assisting department leadership in office management, including ordering of supplies, maintaining equipment temperature logs and cleaning schedules, as well as the basic management of a safe environment of care
- operate a computer to input and retrieve data
- communicate with the population served, utilizing age specific techniques from pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, middle adult to geriatrics
- maintain proficiency in medical terminology and physical medicine CPT codes
- complete special projects or other assignments in a specified timeframe
Benefits
- paid time off
- a 401K retirement plan
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- tuition reimbursement
- many more voluntary benefit options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
