Medical Assistant - Watertown

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Typing a variety of memos, manuscripts, correspondence, reports, minutes, schedules, and forms.
• Maintaining billing for surgical workload and outside vendors.
• Answering telephone, screening calls, referring to the appropriate individual, or taking messages.
• Performing data entry from the transcription of surgical pathology and autopsy reports.
• Maintaining the inventory of office supplies.
• Maintaining records for the department according to all regulatory agencies and departmental policies and procedures.
• Maintaining records of journals and books contained in the Pathology Library.
• Sending out surgical specimens for special testing, and recording information.
• Determining appropriate SNOMED and ICD9 codes for Pathology specimens.
• Reporting to Lead Pathology Secretary and Lab Administrator.

Minimum Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of medical terminology required.
• Excellent typing/computer skills, normally acquired through the completion of an Associate's degree in a medical secretary program or equivalent.
• At least one year of medical secretarial experience and office experience are preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, including good auditory abilities.

Physical Requirements & Environment

• Generally works in an office environment with some limited exposure to odors, toxins, and other hazardous substances in the laboratory.
• Works under constant time deadlines.
• Performs data entry with repetitive hand movement and visual concentration at video display terminal to review and enter data.
• Complies with precautions, as defined by Infection Control staff, in patients/materials requiring isolation.

Pay

Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.26
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.