Medical Office Secretary
About The Position
Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state! The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as "high performing" in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition. Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services. Pain Management Center provides services to individuals 18 years and older who have chronic pain that has been unrelieved by conventional methods of treatment. The individual may have experienced any of the following: previous surgical procedures, inability to work, multiple failures of treatment, pain that interferes with vocation, personal or social life, and decreased productivity due to pain. The services provided range from local injections to more advanced interventional treatments for pain. The Medical Office Secretary performs front office duties in support of physicians in a medical office setting.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- 2-5 years
Nice To Haves
- Epic experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Makes office visit appointments, hospital appointments for test and admissions and obtains appropriate referrals, forms and other pertinent information.
- Educates patients on procedures for hospital tests and admissions.
- Dispatches finished medical records to appropriate parties as directed.
- Maintains records of incoming and completes transcriptions.
- Takes incoming calls and determines the appropriate care service to administer to patients; manages physician schedules.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
- Disability insurance paid for by BJC
- Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
- 401(k) plan with BJC match
- Tuition Assistance available on first day
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
- Adoption assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
