Front desk medical secretary/executive assistant needed

Monroe County Medical Society; Town of Day (NY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays (6)

Personal days (10)

Job summary

Monroe County Medical Society seeks a Front Desk Medical Secretary/Executive Assistant for a busy single-doctor psychiatry practice in Town of Day, New York. The ideal candidate should have prior experience in a medical office and possess excellent people skills to interact with patients effectively.

This role includes responsibilities such as managing appointments, maintaining patient charts, and interfacing with billing services. The work schedule is Monday to Friday with no benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a medical office is preferred.
• Must have good people skills.

Responsibilities

• Making appointments and taking medication refill requests.
• Keeping the doctor’s schedule and pulling patient charts.
• Welcoming patients and receiving payments.
• Inputting prescription requests into the computer.
• Filing prior authorizations with insurance companies.
• Maintaining patient charts and records.
• Preparation of forms and doctor’s correspondence.
• Interfacing with outside billing services.
• Maintaining doctor’s credentialing and licenses.

Skills

Good people skills

Job description

Job Overview

Front desk medical secretary/executive assistant for a busy single-doctor psychiatry practice. Prior experience in a medical office is preferred. Good people skills required as dealing with a psychiatric population.

Preferred Required

Responsibilities

• Phone: making appointments, taking requests for medication refills, taking messages for the doctor, calling patients to confirm following day appointments.
• Keeping the doctor’s schedule: inputting appointments, printing schedule for the following day and pulling those patient charts.
• Welcoming patients and receiving payments.
• Inputting prescription requests into computer program (including I-STOP).
• Filing prior authorization for prescriptions with insurance companies.
• Filing patient paperwork, maintaining patient charts.
• Preparing insurance company and outside provider requests for patient records.
• Preparation of forms and letters requested by patients, doctor's correspondence.
• Interface with outside billing service.
• Help maintain doctor’s credentialing and licenses.
• Must have good people skills.

Schedule & Compensation

Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with a half-hour unpaid lunch break (40-hour work week).

Paid holidays (6): New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Personal days: two weeks (10 days) used for sick days or other, and roll over to the following year.

Pay is negotiable. No benefits.

Contact

Edith Lawrence
Office Manager
Timothy L. Lawrence, M.D.
[e-mail]