Medical Secretary

This position is eligible for Mid Atlantic Retina's $1,000 Hiring Incentive! The hired candidate will receive $500 after successful completion of 90 days of employment and $500 after successful completion of 6 months of employment! Available to new hires only- not available to agency hires, internal transfers, or re-hires.

Job Type: Full Time

Sign on bonus Eligible: Yes

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job Description

The Medical Secretary will provide secretarial assistance to assigned physician(s) for their professional and personal needs, including but not limited to: license renewals, registration for meetings, medical transcription (if needed).

Benefits

• 401(k) & Profit Sharing

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long Term Disability

• Paid Time Off (Sick & Vacation)

• Bonuses

Essential Functions

• Processes renewal applications for assigned physicians' medical license, DEA and CDS certificates, malpractice insurance and organization and society memberships.

• Maintains and updates physician's Curriculum Vitae.

• Maintains and tracks continuing education credits and required clearances including vaccination records.

• Makes physician travel arrangements as requested. Collects documentation for trip reimbursements, expenses.

• Maintains schedule for assigned physician and notifies them of upcoming meetings, conferences or any other appointments.

• Processes correspondence or complete special projects as requested by physicians, clinical managers or chief officers.

• Renews and updates physician medical staff appointment and reappointment applications as needed.

• Schedules independent medical examinations and legal depositions. Provides assistance with legal reviews and reports.

• Completes medical records requests.

• Executes personal assistant tasks for physicians as needed.

• Assists with various office and clerical duties including medical correspondence and transcription on an as-needed or as-available basis. .

• Works overtime and travels to other MAR locations as needed.

Physical and Cognitive Demands

• This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing may be required. This would require the ability to occasionally lift files, bend, stoop, crouch, reach, and stand on a stool as necessary.

• Ability to lift or move up to 15 pounds at times.

• Work with data by calculating and manipulating numbers, processing data on a computer, classify, record, store and retrieve information.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, communicate verbally one to one, in front of groups, over the telephone or with a headset and in email.

• This position requires listening to verbal communication using a telephone or with a headset and processing the information while entering the data into a computer system, processing auditory information and responding verbally back in an appropriate manner.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus with or without corrective lenses.