Clinical Medical Secretary & Scribe Support

Mount Sinai Morningside; New York (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Morningside provides secretarial and clinical support to physicians in a faculty practice setting in New York. The role involves scheduling patient appointments, handling clinical phone messages, securing insurance authorizations, entering orders in the EMR, and maintaining medical charts and records.

The position may include Medical Assistant duties such as venipuncture, EKGs, patient flow management, and assisting with various procedures as needed.

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.
• Enter orders into the EMR system or prepare prescription refill requests for physician review and approval.
• 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 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. 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.

Education

Associates Degree or High School Diploma/GED

Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program

2 years of related experience

Job description

Mount Sinai Morningside provides secretarial and clinical support to physicians in a faculty practice setting in New York. The role involves scheduling patient appointments, handling clinical phone messages, securing insurance authorizations, entering orders in the EMR, and maintaining medical charts and records.

The position may include Medical Assistant duties such as venipuncture, EKGs, patient flow management, and assisting with various procedures as needed.