Medical Secretary-Multi-Specialty

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

23h•$23 - $34

About The Position

Provides secretarial and clinical support to physicians and surgeons in a faculty practice setting. Duties may include scheduling appointments and procedures, taking detailed clinical phone messages, obtaining insurance authorizations, entering orders or preparing prescription refill requests for physician review, tracking test results, and maintaining medical charts and electronic medical records. The role may also support medical assistant duties when qualified, function as a medical scribe, and help manage patient flow and office schedules. Additional responsibilities include editing dictated correspondence, preparing physician mail, and compiling surgical billing packages.

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 certification required if performing Medical Assistant duties.

Responsibilities

May schedule patient appointments.
Take detailed clinical phone messages for physicians or advanced allied healthcare providers.
Obtain insurance authorizations for procedures and tests ordered by the attending physician.
May enter orders into the electronic medical record or prepare prescription refill requests for review and approval by the ordering physician.
Maintain tracking logs for test results as required.
Assist with maintaining medical charts and electronic medical records, including filing operative reports, test results, and home care forms.
May schedule surgeries or procedures, or coordinate with the Surgical Coordinator to verify times with patients and prepare charts, pre-admission materials, and consent forms.
May perform qualified Medical Assistant duties, including venipuncture, EKGs, managing schedules and patient flow, accompanying and assisting patients, collecting and processing specimens, point-of-care testing, preparing for examinations, assisting physicians with procedures, taking vital signs, relaying instructions, and answering calls.
Retrieve physician correspondence from the dictation service and edit it when necessary.
Prepare physicians' mail correspondence.
May function as a medical scribe.
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.