Medical Secretary

Brown Medicine

21h • Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Secretary assists physicians in providing high-quality patient care, while exhibiting strong customer service skills to all patients and the overall practice. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Brown University Health is Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, the state's premier provider of health services, and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health. The health system comprises three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island. Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives, and is actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community served. They are invested in creating a respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of their employees and their families.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Knowledge of medical terminology with a heavy emphasis on dermatology and dermatopathology
• Knowledge of medical insurance and verifying eligibility
• Knowledge of grammar, spelling and punctuation for dermatopathology reports and out-going correspondence
• Knowledge of multi-line phone system
• Knowledge of a variety of office equipment including computers, fax machines and copiers
• Ability to file alphabetically or numerically
• Minimum of one year experience in a medical setting

Nice To Haves

• Experience in dermatology

Responsibilities

• Transcription of handwritten dermatopathology requisitions into the laboratory information system
• Tracking and counting biopsy specimens first thing in the morning to be sent to the respective laboratories for that day
• Registration of patients from our outside clients into ECW/EPIC
• Preparing the previous day’s requisitions (sorting by physician) to be sent to billing
• Assisting physicians with administrative tasks as needed
• Answering phones
• Respond to routine slide requests in a timely manner following procedure/guidelines
• Preparing slides and correspondence for outside consultations
• Consistently demonstrate ability respond to the changing needs of the department on a day-to-day basis
• Minimize slower times in the office with general housekeeping, i.e. filing H&E slides, returning slides to their institutions after a consultation is complete
• Photocopy, fax and file as required
• Maintain office equipment as needed
• Willingness to learn new skills, procedures, protocols as they are introduced
• Attend trainings and meetings as required
• Demonstrate flexibility as needs change in the office

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities
• Work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment
• Diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives
• Respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of our employees and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees