Medical Secretary

PathGroup; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 2,755,000 - 3,444,000; Full time

Job summary

PathGroup in Atlanta is seeking a Medical Secretary to support the lab with data entry, telephone inquiries, and preparation of slides and related paperwork.

The role includes routine clerical duties, filing, and assisting pathologists with secretarial tasks while adhering to safety and regulatory guidelines to protect patient information.

Qualifications

• Data entry and clerical tasks for medical records and correspondence.
• Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate personnel.
• Filing slides, paperwork, and routine documents.

Responsibilities

• Perform data entry, answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate personnel and communicate with clients, as necessary.
• Prepare and send slides requested by other Pathology departments and file slides and paperwork.
• Routine clerical duties including filing, faxing, receiving and distributing mail, prepare billing copies, etc.
• Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, letters, case histories, or medical records.
• Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
• Exercise all laboratory safety precautions and adhere to lab procedures as stated in procedure manuals.
• Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
• Must be familiar with and abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all Corporate policies, including the Privacy and Security policies.

Skills

Data entry

Telephone handling

Clerical tasks

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheet (Excel)

Job description

Job Summary

The Medical Secretary performs various functions in the lab to include data entry, answering telephones, mail distribution and assisting pathologists with secretarial functions

Job Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Perform data entry, answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate personnel and communicate with clients, as necessary.
• Prepare and send slides requested by other Pathology departments and file slides and paperwork.
• Routine clerical duties including filing, faxing, receiving and distributing mail, prepare billing copies, etc.
• Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, letters, case histories, or medical records.
• Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
• Exercise all laboratory safety precautions and adhere to lab procedures as stated in procedure manuals.
• Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
• Must be familiar with and abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all Corporate policies, including the Privacy and Security policies.

Non-essential Functions

• Work with other departments within PathGroup and subsidiaries.
• Nothing in the job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Other duties as assigned.