Lourdes Health System

Medical Secretary

Lourdes Health System

part-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Cherry Hill • New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $19 - $28 per hour

Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Provides secretarial and administrative support using knowledge of medical terminology and procedures in a hospital, clinic, or laboratory environment
  • Compiles information for recording purposes and prepares reports
  • Screens and directs telephone calls, schedules appointments, greets patients, visitors, and maintains patient flow
  • Greets patients and other visitors
  • Maintains patient flow
  • Addresses and resolves routine inquiries
  • Screens and handles any calls and/or correspondence for requests for materials, records, patient appointment, ensuring HIPPA guidelines are followed
  • Sorts and distributes mail
  • Performs general registration and billing, obtaining pre-certifications, verifying appropriate coding, insurance, co-pays, medical records, and referrals
  • Acts as a liaison with Patient Accounting and/or Physician billing services as required to clarify billing and charge issues
  • Produces, processes and maintains required documentation and reports such as productivity/utilization, medical records, customer surveys, audits, financial reports, staff certifications/licenses
  • Schedules management appointments, meetings, conferences
  • Prepares meeting minutes and memos
  • May maintain calendars/itinerary for management personnel as requested
  • Assists in orienting new office staff
  • Participates in performance improvement initiatives
  • Coordinates and maintains support personnel schedules
  • May lead work of other clerical or administrative support personnel on a project basis, as assigned, or as necessary to ensure smooth office work flow
  • Maintains office equipment (copier, fax, etc.)
  • Ensures par levels of office supplies and maintains disposition of clinical materials as required by regulatory agencies

Requirements

  • Proficiency in using computers (data entry, word processing, report production)
  • Working knowledge of medical terminology
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal-written-listening) in order to interact with patients, medical staff and other internal/external clientele
  • Strong organizational skills ability to use sound judgment to prioritize duties
  • Familiarity with department policies and procedures or ability to quickly learn and operate within those parameters
  • One year experience in a medical setting preferred.
Benefits
  • medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance
  • health and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement)
  • paid time off
  • paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws
  • short-term disability and optional long-term disability
  • colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
  • tuition assistance
  • employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions
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