Medical Secretary - Multispecialty - Staten Island, NY - Full time Days - Offsite

About the role

Provides secretarial and clinical support to supervising physician in an offsite practice setting.

Responsibilities

• Schedules appointments for patients.
• Takes detailed clinical phone messages for physician or advanced allied healthcare provider.
• Acquires insurance authorizations for procedures and tests ordered by attending physician.
• Enters orders into the electronic medical record (EMR) system or prepares prescription refill requests on behalf of the physician for the review and approval by the ordering physician.
• Maintains logging system as required for tracking test results.
• Affixes medical charts and/or electronic medical record (filing, Op Reports, test results, home care forms).
• Schedules surgeries/procedures or works in conjunction with Surgical Coordinator verifying times with patients; preparing charts, pre-admissions and consent forms as necessary.
• May be responsible for Medical Assistant duties if qualified, such as performing venipuncture and/or EKGs, checking schedules and organizing patient flow; accompanying patients to exam/procedure room, assisting patients as needed with walking, transferring and dressing, as well as collecting and processing specimens and point of care testing, preparing for exam, etc.
• Aids physicians with various procedures, takes vital signs, relays instructions to patients and or families; answers calls and provides pertinent information.
• Retrieves physician correspondence from dictation service, edits where necessary.
• Prepares physicians mail correspondence.
• Compiles documents for surgical billing packages.
• Maintains, adjusts and confirms patient office schedule.
• Helps direct patient flow during practice hours.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree or High School Diploma/GED plus two years of related experience.
• Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program if performing clinical duties.
• Two years of related experience.
• Certified Medical Assistant required if performing Medical Assistant duties.