Medical Secretary
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Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
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Location | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
About this job
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title
Medical Secretary
Department
Reports To
FLSA Status
Prepared By
Approved By
Last Modified
Clerical & Administrative
Darius Karimipour
Non Exempt
Darius Karimipour
Darius Karimipour
2018-05-12
Job Summary
- Performs variety of medical office secretarial and clerical duties and some administrative tasks which require knowledge of departmental policies and procedures.
General Accountabilities
- Types and proofs correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, technical papers, manuscripts and related materials for supervisor or department staff as requested.
- Uses word processing equipment or a personal computer, experience with e-thomas and EMA Dermatology helpful
- Transcribes dictation relating to medical histories, physical examinations, discharges and other special notes involving a wide variety of medical terminology.
- Types medical reports from rough draft, copy or tape.
- Schedules patient appointments, answers general questions, obtains authorizations and pre- authorizations for patient care services.
- Schedules appointments with ancillary departments or other care providers as needed.
- Maintains master calendar for physician(s).
- Completes required paperwork or documentation.
- Processes insurance forms and maintains logs.
- Coordinates submission of appropriate charges to billing department.
- Inserts laboratory results into patient charts.
- Files charts according to established procedures.
- Creates and maintains charts, graphs, spreadsheets and databases on a personal computer.
- Answers telephones, routes callers, takes messages and provides routine information to clients or customers.
- Reads and prioritizes incoming electronic mail
- Handles or routes as appropriate.
- Provides assistance in the day-to-day administration of department.
- Establishes and maintains files and records.
- Oversees equipment and office supply inventories and initiates or approves service requests and supply orders.
- Performs a variety of clerical duties, e.g., photocopies, collates, distributes, mails, faxes, files, delivers and/or picks up materials.
- Collects all copays, deductibles, and patient balances at time of service.
- Obtains pre-operative relevant surgical history for patients having office-based surgery. Performs a telephone surgical consultation.
- Maintains incoming pathology and patient scheduling logs for outside referrals and internal biopsy follow up.
- Work hours are Monday -Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm (receptionist 1) and 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (receptionist 2)
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Job Qualifications
- Minimum Education: High School or equivalent
- Minimum Experience: 1 Year
- Minimum Field of Expertise: Medical secretarial with knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software and medical terminology. Transcription experience.
- Preferred Education: Associates Degree
- Preferred Experience: 2 Years
- Preferred Field of Expertise: Prefer medical secretarial experience in a comparable environment to provide knowledge of operations, policies and procedures
Skills
- Answer telephones
- Arrange travel
- Balance figures
- Communicate with others to gather information
- Compose letters
- Compute totals
- Coordinate meetings
- Draft routine correspondence
- Edit routine documents
- Edit technical or scientific text
- Establish filing systems
- Gather data
- Input data
- Maintain filing systems
- Read handwritten text
- Research information
- Schedule appointments
- Take shorthand
- Transcribe dictated documents
- Use computer packages to prepare graphics
- Use computerized spreadsheets
- Verify calculations
- Write memorandums for own signature
Skills: Machine
- Calculator
- Computer Network
- Dictation Equipment
- Fax
- Personal Computer
- Photocopier
Supervises: Level
- May oversee intern, temporary and/or casual workers.
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