Medical Secretary - New York, United States - Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai
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New York, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Description

Responsibilities

  • May schedule appointments for patients.
  • Take detailed clinical phone messages for physician or advanced allied healthcare provider.
  • Acquire insurance authorizations for procedures and tests ordered by attending physician.
  • May enter orders into the electronic medical record (EMR) system or prepare prescription refill requests on behalf of the physician for the review and approval by the ordering physician.
  • Maintain logging system as required for tracking test results.
  • Assist in the maintenance of medical charts and/or electronic medical record (filing, Op Reports, test results, home care forms).
  • May schedule surgeries/procedures or work in conjunction with Surgical Coordinator verifying times with patients; preparing charts, preadmissions 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. May assist physicians with various procedures, takes vital signs, relays instructions to patients and or families; answers calls and provides pertinent information.
  • Retrieve physician correspondence from dictation service, edit where necessary.
  • Prepare physicians mail correspondence.
  • May function as medical scribe.
  • Compile documents for surgical billing packages
  • May maintain, adjust and confirm patient office schedule.
  • Help 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.
  • 2 years of related experience.
  • Certification: Certified Medical Assistant required if performing Medical Assistant duties
Non-Bargaining Unit, 85- Rehabilitation and Human Performance - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.

When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:


  • Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
  • Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing sidebyside in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
  • Inspiring and fostering an environment of antiracist behaviors among and between departments and coworkers.


We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance.

We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history


"About the Mount Sinai Health System:
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve.

Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.

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EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation


The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.

The salary range for the role is $ $ Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need.

The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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