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Medical Office Assistant - Neurosurgery

University of Mississippi Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time

About the Role

Assists physicians and other primary health care providers with clerical, financial, and other general medical office operations in ambulatory practice. Works in support of clinic operations by performing medical office, billing, and clinical duties.

Responsibilities

  • Performs administrative duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, pulling, updating, and filing patient medical records, verifying patient demographic and insurance information, scheduling appointments, and performing billing and bookkeeping.
  • Checks-in patients, assists with patient histories, checks accuracy of patient information, prepares charts, may be called upon to chaperone or assist provider during examinations and other patient care activities, performs billing and other general medical office procedures in accordance with established protocols of a particular clinic.
  • Educates and advises patients on specified medical issues within established guidelines.
  • Assists with scheduling, coding, and billing of medical procedures and/or ambulatory surgical procedures.
  • Arranges examining room equipment; cleans rooms and escorts patient to and from assigned room in clinic.
  • Disposes contaminated supplies; maintains stocks of medical supplies and medications as appropriate to the clinic.
  • Practices safety, environmental, and infection control methods. Adheres to HIPAA, OSHA, infection control, and medical records compliance regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma/GED

Skills

  • Knowledge of general medical office procedures.
  • Good telephone skills.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Ability to multi-task.
  • Ability to type 35 wpm.
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of Microsoft Word.
  • Interpersonal skills to interact with patients and staff.
  • Verbal and written communication skills.
  • General understanding and application of basic accounting principles.

Physical And Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, constant reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, occasional twisting, and constant walking.

Job Requisition ID: R00053793
Job Category: Clerical and Customer Service
Organization: Neurosciences Clerical
Location: PAVILION
Time Type: Full time
FLSA Designation: Non-Exempt
Pay Class: Hourly
FTE %: 100
Work Shift: Day
Job Posting Date: 09/22/2026
Job Closing Date: 09/26/2026

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