Medical Office Assistant - Sumter Multispecialty

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC); Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking an administrative front desk specialist for the Sumter clinic to ensure efficient operations of the physician medical office.

You will handle scheduling, patient registration, telephone triage, billing, and collections, with emphasis on accurate data entry, cash handling, and excellent customer service. 40 hours weekly, hourly pay, on-site role within rural health network.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent plus one year of patient care experience in a health care facility; or a Certified Nursing Assistant; or completion of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant course; or EMT or Paramedic certification; or a Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide scheduling, patient registration, telephone triage, medical records, billing, and collections.
• Coordinate and participate in daily clinic preparation, patient identification, check-in/out, charge posting, cash management and appointment scheduling.
• Provide customer service, message distribution, ancillary scheduling and preparation, and referrals management.

Skills

Customer service

Telephone triage

Scheduling appointments

Cash handling

Registration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Nursing Assistant / Medical Assistant course

EMT / Paramedic certification

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Hospital information systems

Job description

Job Description Summary

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP) is an entity within the Medical University of South Carolina that provides healthcare to patients within the rural health network throughout the state of South Carolina.

Provide administrative coverage at the front desk of the Clinic including monitoring the clinic appointment line to include scheduling appointments for clients from outside medical, hospital, correction systems. Answer multiline telephones. Take payments from clients for clinical services. Complete client registration, and documentation. Schedule interpreters for clients. Retrieve billing charges.

Entity

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Cost Center

CC005265 MCP - CHS - Sumter Primary Care

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Pay Grade

Health-21

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

To provide constant and efficient operations of the physician medical office. Duties to include scheduling, patient registration, telephone triage, medical records, billing, and collections. Coordinate and participate in a variety of duties associated with daily clinic preparation process, patient identification, patient check in/out, charge posting, cash management and patient appointment scheduling. Position also involves customer service, message distribution, ancillary scheduling and preparation, and referrals management.

Minimum Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalency plus one year of patient care experience in a health care facility; or a Certified Nursing Assistant; or successful completion of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant course at an accredited institution or equivalent training; or EMT orParamedic certification; or a Bachelor’s degree.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations

N/A

Additional Job Description

High school diploma or equivalent (GED), with 1 year of customer service experience. Ability to interpret and apply financial procedures and regulations preferred. Previous experience with hospital information systems or word processing preferred.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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