Administrative Assistant (patient facing) - Cardiology - Center City

Job Description

Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of JeffersonCoordinates daily administrative and clinical activities, maintain calendar, allowing flexibility to accommodate demands on a daily basis. Supporting 5-6 clinicians.

Documents patient medication refill request for providers to authorize and manage EMR task documented from incoming calls.

Ensures patient records are available for clinicians prior to patient visit and scanned into the EMR.

Answers telephones, triages and troubleshoots problems.

Sets up and schedules testing (stress testing, echocardiograms, labs, CT scans, etc).

Responsible for travel arrangements, updating physician CV’s, provider license renewal.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent required; additional education or training preferred
• Three to five years' experience in an academic medical environment: Cardiology experience in an outpatient setting is strongly preferred

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular Employee

Entity

Jefferson University Physicians

Primary Location

Address 925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally Ranked

Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Thomas Jefferson University

Home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health

Nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans

A not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Equal Opportunity

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.