Sr. Medical Administrative Secretary, Employee Health Clinic, 36 Hours - days

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Are you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver? Apply now through Workday. Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $20.94 - $29.27 Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations . Schedule Details: Monday through Friday Scheduled Hours: 8:00am - 5:30pm (flexible) Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 9 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 36 Cost Center: 99900 - 7041 Occupational Injury Management Union: SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees) This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process. Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. Major Responsibilities: Transcribes medical reports for physicians from dictation. Produces correspondence, reports memos, etc. from dictation drafts, models, etc. Proof reads and corrects material. Composes, or selects standard form letters for physicians' response to routine inquiries and procedures, such as back-to-work authorizations. Schedules and coordinates patient visits, medical procedures for both inpatients and outpatients with admitting, the OR, testing centers, pre-admission, etc. Accurately registers and updates patient information on computer based systems. Notifies physicians or supervisor of priority items. Schedules meetings for physicians. Serves as receptionist. Greets visitors and/or patients. Ascertains their needs, and provides information as required. Provides quality customer service. Receives patient care related visits and phone calls, provides routine information, identifies problem related priorities. Responds to emergency need to interrupt or contact physician and/or clinicians, based on physician's guidelines. Refers matters to appropriate person within department. Issues and verifies patients' managed care referrals. Assists patients and insurers in resolving referral issues. Assembles patients' charts for physicians for scheduled patient visits. Verifies patient's insurance coverage and eligibility. May escort patients to examination rooms and chaperone patients as required. Collects co-payments from patients for visits. Organizes and maintains physician's charge logs of professional services and submits to appropriate areas. Prepares encounter forms and may perform on-site charge entry processes, utilizing computer-based systems. Routes test results to appropriate physician or other team member. May processes standard business office paperwork, such as purchase requisitions, employment requisitions, employee time sheets, requisitions for supplies, expense vouchers, etc. Follows-up with personnel outside the medical office and UMMHC to expedite timely action and alleviate, or report delays as appropriate. May provide guidance to departmental personnel in medical office procedures. Performs efficient filing, maintenance and retrieval of confidential medical records. May assist in ensuring adequate office supplies and basic maintenance of office equipment. May provide work guidance to clerical staff. Collates, faxes, files, and distributes and retrieves documents and mail. Records and relays messages. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed. Demonstrates use of quality improvement in daily operations. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements. Respects diverse views and approaches, and contributes in maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed. All responsibilities are essential job functions. II. Position Qualifications: Requires a High School diploma. dditional specialized medical secretarial/medical office training and 1-2 years of medical secretarial/administrative support experience. Software used: Word processing, spreadsheet, Medi-Tech, IDX, Lynx, etc. Good attention to detail Professional communication skills Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel Ability to multitask and maintain office organization Professional verbal and written communication Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint Prioritization of multiple tasks HIPAA compliance and patient confidentiality Team collaboration All qualified applicants will rec

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