Secretary B

• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule: Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)
• Building:
• Salary Range: $52,205.96-$52,205.96

Position Summary

The Department of Neurology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center is seeking a full-time Secretary B.

Responsibilities

The Secretary B will be responsible for performing typical medical office administrative duties including but not limited to answering phones, taking messages, scheduling appointments, and tests, obtaining results, and filing and/or scanning results.

• Using EPIC (EMR), the Secretary B will check-in/check-out patients who arrive at the practice.
• The Secretary B will verify insurance, collect associated copays, and assist physicians in running the day-to-day front-end operations of a busy practice.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires two years of college or completion of secretarial school or equivalent business experience, plus a minimum of one or two years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

• The candidate will have had experience working in a busy medical practice.
• Possess excellent customer satisfaction skills as demonstrated during past experience.
• Proficiency working with EPIC (EMR) is preferred. Bilingual Spanish English fluency preferred.

Other Requirements

• Organizational skills are imperative, to keep track of several different tasks and sometimes work under limited supervision.
• Reporting to and working with the Practice Managers, the successful candidate will be detail-oriented, and able to work under strict deadlines to assist in the completion of tasks related to patient visits including the submission of all charges.
• Ability to utilize systems after training.
• Typing 55-60 WPM.
• Must complete systems training requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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