Offsite Medical Secretary-Multispecialty, Valley Stream, New York, Full Time, Days
Mount Sinai Health Systems•Village of Valley Stream, NY
•$22 - $30•Onsite
About The Position
The Medical Secretary provides secretarial and clinical support to a supervising physician in an offsite multispecialty practice setting. The role may include appointment and procedure scheduling, patient communication, insurance authorizations, electronic medical record support, test-result tracking, chart maintenance, correspondence preparation, surgical billing documentation, and directing patient flow. If qualified, the employee may also perform Medical Assistant duties, including clinical procedures and patient care support.
Requirements
- Associate degree, or high school diploma/GED plus two years of related experience.
- Two years of related experience.
- Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program if performing clinical duties.
- Certified Medical Assistant required if performing Medical Assistant duties.
Responsibilities
- May schedule appointments for patients.
- Take detailed clinical phone messages for a physician or advanced allied healthcare provider.
- Acquire insurance authorizations for procedures and tests ordered by the attending physician.
- May enter orders into the electronic medical record system or prepare prescription refill requests for review and approval by the ordering physician.
- Maintain a logging system for tracking test results as required.
- Assist in maintaining medical charts and/or electronic medical records, including filing operative reports, test results, and home care forms.
- May schedule surgeries or procedures, or work with the Surgical Coordinator to verify times with patients and prepare charts, pre-admissions, and consent forms as necessary.
- May perform Medical Assistant duties if qualified, including venipuncture and/or EKGs, organizing schedules and patient flow, accompanying patients to exam or procedure rooms, assisting with walking, transferring, and dressing, collecting and processing specimens, point-of-care testing, preparing for examinations, assisting physicians with procedures, taking vital signs, relaying instructions to patients and families, and answering calls with pertinent information.
- Retrieve physician correspondence from the dictation service and edit where necessary.
- Prepare physicians' mail correspondence.
- Compile documents for surgical billing packages.
- May maintain, adjust, and confirm the patient office schedule.
- Help direct patient flow during practice hours.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
