Clinical Center Associate

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Clinical Center Associate in the Diagnostic Radiology department. The role provides clerical support, answers routine inquiries, screens calls, assists visitors and patients, and handles physician orders and schedule coordination.

Starting hourly rate is $21.81. A Medical Office Assistant credential or equivalent is expected, with related Secretarial/clinical experience and knowledge of medical terminology highly valued.

Qualifications

• Medical Office Assistant Associate’s degree.
• Associate’s degree plus one year of clinical secretarial experience with medical terminology.
• High School diploma or HSED plus Roswell Park-approved Medical Assistant certificate and the equivalent of one year of full-time secretarial experience in a clinical setting requiring the use of medical terminology.
• High School diploma or HSED plus the equivalent of two years of full-time secretarial experience in a clinical setting requiring the use of medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support in an assigned inpatient or outpatient center(s).
• Answer routine inquiries; screen calls; assist visitors and patients.
• Record and transcribe physician orders; maintain and coordinate clinic schedules.
• Manage the co-pay collection process.
• Perform duties in a confidential environment under direct supervision with limited latitude for judgment and initiative.

Education

Medical Office Assistant Associate’s degree

Associate’s degree plus one year of full-time clinical secretarial experience with medical terminology

High School diploma or HSED plus Roswell Park-approved Medical Assistant certificate and one year of clinical secretarial experience

High School diploma or HSED plus two years of full-time clinical secretarial experience with medical terminology

Job description

Title: Clinical Center Associate

Job Type: Regular

Company: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Department: Diagnostic Radiology

Time Type: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40

FTE: 1

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Summary: Performs clerical support functions in an assigned inpatient or outpatient center(s) of the organization; answers routine inquiries; screens calls; assists visitors and patients; records and transcribes physician orders; maintains and coordinates clinic schedules; manages the co-pay collection process; participates in the team or group work activities in the center(s); performs the above duties and responsibilities in a confidential environment requiring direct supervision with limited latitude for utilizing judgment and initiative. Starting hourly rate is $21.81.

Qualifications

• 1. Medical Office Assistant Associate’s degree.
• 2. Associate’s degree and the equivalent of one (1) year of full-time secretarial experience in a clinical setting requiring the use of medical terminology; or 3. High School diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma, completion of an Roswell Park-approved Medical Assistant certificate program and the equivalent of one (1) year of full-time secretarial experience in a clinical setting requiring the use of medical terminology; or 4. High School diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma and the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time secretarial experience in a clinical setting requiring the use of medical terminology.
• NOTE: Required degrees must have been granted by an accredited college or university or one recognized by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as following acceptable educational practices.

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Welcome to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. As one of the largest employers in Western New York, Roswell has over 3,300 employees, including over 200 physicians and scientists and 400 nurses. It’s a new era at Roswell Park. Leading the way in cancer research, treatment and education for more than a century, today Roswell Park is setting our course for a second century of extraordinary advances in cancer research and treatment. Equipped with the best facilities, the sharpest and most creative minds, and the single objective of curing cancer, we stand on the threshold of historic discovery.