Medical Secretary II - Surgery

University of Maryland Faculty Physician's Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 26,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. on-site position offers administrative support to a department or physicians, handling routine tasks such as typing, scheduling, and medical terminology familiarity.

The role involves greeting patients, managing schedules, preparing correspondence, and assisting with records and meetings in a fast-paced clinical environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Minimum two years of experience in a medical office setting; knowledge of medical terminology is required.
• Accurate typing and data entry skills.
• Basic knowledge of department software and general customer service practices.

Responsibilities

• Greet, screen, and direct patients, visitors and internal customers.
• Perform secretarial/clerical duties including medical transcription, composition, and dictation.
• Prepare and process correspondence; answer routine medical inquiries and draft letters.
• Provide medical receptionist duties: answer calls, screen messages, and provide information.
• Obtain, verify, and update patient information; support patients, families, and staff.
• Request, locate, send and receive patient medical records.
• Schedule patients accurately and timely following department processes.
• Prepare charts and agendas; attend meetings and distribute minutes.

Skills

Typing

Medical terminology

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Medical office software

Job description

• On-site
• Hourly Range : $18.99 USD to $28.51 USD
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: MEDIC009708

Description

Provides administrative support to department or one or more physicians; performs routine tasks, such as typing correspondence, scheduling patient appointments for a limited number of physicians and business appointments; requires intermediate knowledge of medical terminology and insurance information; may serve as a leader to lower level administrative staff; where the electronic system is in use, this position will utilize the system as documented in the department and/or FPI standard operating procedure and process; and other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Greets, screens, and directs patients, visitors and internal customers.
• Performs secretarial/clerical duties including medical transcription, composition, and dictation.
• Prepares and processes correspondence. Answers routine medical inquiries and drafts letters.
• Performs medical receptionist duties as necessary. Answers telephone, screens calls, takes messages, and provides information.
• Obtains, verifies, and updates patient information and provides support services to patients, families, and medical staff.
• Requests, locates, sends and receives patient medical records.
• Schedules patients accurately and timely following FPI/PA processes.
• Prepares charts and time tables. Assists with preparation of agendas, materials, notes, etc.
• Attends meetings and takes and distributes minutes.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Minimum of two years of experience in a medical office setting; knowledge of medical terminology is required
• Accurate typing and data entry skills
• Basic knowledge of software used by department
• Knowledge of general customer service practices
• Ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with team members and public
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of University of Maryland’s Faculty Physician’s Inc. salary range for this position.Some candidates will not be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility factor and span of control, education/training and other qualifications. University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement.More information can be found here: https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits .

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