Clinical Medical Secretary & Scheduling Specialist

Mount Sinai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, seeks a Medical Secretary to provide secretarial and clinical support to physicians in a faculty practice setting.

You may schedule appointments, take detailed clinical messages, obtain insurance authorizations, enter orders into the EMR, and assist with charts, tests, and procedures. Qualified candidates may perform MA duties, venipuncture, and EKGs as needed, and may act as a medical scribe.

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

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 EMR system or prepare prescription refill requests on behalf of the physician for 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 EMR (filing, Op Reports, test results, home care forms).
• May schedule surgeries/procedures or work with Surgical Coordinator verifying times with patients; preparing charts, pre-admissions and consent forms.
• May perform Medical Assistant duties including venipuncture and/or EKGs, check schedules and organize patient flow; assist patients with walking, transferring, and dressing; collect and process specimens and point of care testing.
• Retrieve physician correspondence from dictation service and 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.

Education

Associate Degree or High School Diploma/GED

Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program

Certification: Certified Medical Assistant

2 years of related experience

Tools

EMR system

Job description

Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, seeks a Medical Secretary to provide secretarial and clinical support to physicians in a faculty practice setting.

You may schedule appointments, take detailed clinical messages, obtain insurance authorizations, enter orders into the EMR, and assist with charts, tests, and procedures. Qualified candidates may perform MA duties, venipuncture, and EKGs as needed, and may act as a medical scribe.