Medical Office Assistant - Pulmonology

St. Joseph's Health; Wayne (NJ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, vision plans

403b retirement plan with companymatch

PTO and paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Job summary

St. Joseph’s Health in Wayne, NJ is seeking an organized Medical Office Associate to support daily clinic operations. You will handle scheduling, patient accounts, phone calls, and insurance verification, and assist with data entry and supplies management.

In this role you may help prepare patients for examinations, record vital signs, and perform phlebotomy as needed. The position offers exposure to a collaborative health system and opportunities to contribute to high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Handle daily medical office operations: scheduling, patient accounts, phones, insurance verification, data entry, and ordering office and medical supplies.
• Assist with patient care activities: preparing patients for examinations, obtaining and recording vital signs, and phlebotomy.

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for the daily operations of the medical office including, but not limited to, scheduling patients, setting up patient accounts, answering phones, insurance verification, data entry and ordering office and medical supplies. This position also assists as needed with patient care activities including preparing patients for examination, obtaining, recording patient vital signs and phlebotomy.

Job Description

Responsible for the daily operations of the medical office including, but not limited to, scheduling patients, setting up patient accounts, answering phones, insurance verification, data entry and ordering office and medical supplies. This position also assists as needed with patient care activities including preparing patients for examination, obtaining, recording patient vital signs and phlebotomy.

Qualifications

Works in a normal patient care area or office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise and the like.

Works with equipment or performs procedures where carelessness would probably result in minor cuts, bruises or muscle pulls.

About Us

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".

Benefits Eligibility

• Competitive salary*
• Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
• 403b retirement plan options with company match**
• Health & Wellness*
• Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
• PTO, and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• LTD : Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance Options
• Onsite Day care Program
• Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
• 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

Pay transparency

St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc." The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

About The Team

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.