Medical Secretary - Nephrology - Physician Practice
Hackensack Meridian Health•Hackensack, NJ
•Onsite
About The Position
The Medical Secretary performs a variety of secretarial and administrative duties for the assigned physicians, section chiefs or chairman relating to the organization and management of the department.
Requirements
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
Nice To Haves
- Associate's degree.
Responsibilities
- Schedules appointments, meetings or conferences for departmental personnel utilizing interdepartmental and/or hospital wide computerized scheduling systems.
- Enters inpatient and outpatient profession charges on medical billing system.
- Composes and prepares correspondences.
- Uses knowledge of medical terminology to transcribe patient information from written copy, electronic equipment or verbal direction.
- Files reports, prepares documents, and forwards correspondence.
- Prioritizes call through screening process; transfer calls, records messages and delivers to appropriate personnel.
- Reviews, screens and distributes daily mail correspondence to appropriate personnel.
- Orders office supplies and maintains inventory.
- Maintains up-to-date departmental manuals and files.
- Assists in coordination of special projects.
- Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Benefits
- health
- dental
- vision
- paid leave
- tuition reimbursement
- retirement benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
