Secretary B

• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• 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.

• Responsible for performing typical medical office administrative duties including but not limited to answering phones, taking messages, scheduling appointments and tests, obtaining results, filing and/or scanning results.
• Using EPIC (EMR), the Secretary B will check-in/check-out patients that arrive at the practice.
• Verify insurance, collect associated copays and assist physicians in the running the day-to-day front end operations busy practice.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Two years of college or completion of secretarial school or equivalent business experience plus a minimum of one to two years related experience. Bachelor's degree desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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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