Skills for Rhode Island's Future
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Medical Secretary - Brown Dermatology
65 Village Square Drive, Suite 201 South Kingstown, RI 02879 US
Posted: 12/04/2024
2024-12-04
2025-01-05
Industry: Healthcare Services/Human Services
Job Number: 3912
Job Description
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is recruiting candidates for Brown Dermatology. Please read more about Skills for Rhode Island’s Future at the end of this job description.
COMPANY NAME: Brown Dermatology
JOB TITLE: Medical Secretary
LOCATION: South Kingstown, Warwick
HOURS: 1st Shift
Under the direction of office supervisor and physicians receives patients into site. Ensures record is complete and available prior to patient arrival. Updates patient information including demographics and insurance information. As appropriate, provides patients with information regarding appointments, test requirements, etc. in preparation for their next visit. Collects co-payments, prepares and maintains related records. Provides charge entry for services rendered to patients. Maintains efficient front desk operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will have:
HOW TO APPLY
For more information and a full job description, please visit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future website at www.skillsforri.com/jobs. Applicants interested in this position will be screened by Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and Brown Dermatology will make the final hiring decisions.
WHY APPLY THROUGH SKILLS FOR RHODE ISLAND’S FUTURE
Our mission is focused on supporting unemployed and underemployed job seekers. Our goal is to get you back to work. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future’s team will guide and provide you with support throughout the hiring process.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has agreements with employers to recruit talent like you, making us a resource to get the unemployed and underemployed job seeker back to work.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is recruiting candidates for Brown Dermatology. Please read more about Skills for Rhode Island’s Future at the end of this job description.
COMPANY NAME: Brown Dermatology
JOB TITLE: Medical Secretary
LOCATION: Providence, RI
HOURS: 1st Shift
Under the direction of office supervisor and physicians receives patients into site. Ensures record is complete and available prior to patient arrival. Updates patient information including demographics and insurance information. As appropriate, provides patients with information regarding appointments, test requirements, etc. in preparation for their next visit. Collects co-payments, prepares and maintains related records. Provides charge entry for services rendered to patients. Maintains efficient front desk operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will have:
HOW TO APPLY
For more information and a full job description, please visit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future website at www.skillsforri.com/jobs. Applicants interested in this position will be screened by Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and Brown Dermatology will make the final hiring decisions.
WHY APPLY THROUGH SKILLS FOR RHODE ISLAND’S FUTURE
Our mission is focused on supporting unemployed and underemployed job seekers. Our goal is to get you back to work. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future’s team will guide and provide you with support throughout the hiring process.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has agreements with employers to recruit talent like you, making us a resource to get the unemployed and underemployed job seeker back to work.
COMPANY NAME: Brown Dermatology
JOB TITLE: Medical Secretary
LOCATION: South Kingstown, Warwick
HOURS: 1st Shift
Under the direction of office supervisor and physicians receives patients into site. Ensures record is complete and available prior to patient arrival. Updates patient information including demographics and insurance information. As appropriate, provides patients with information regarding appointments, test requirements, etc. in preparation for their next visit. Collects co-payments, prepares and maintains related records. Provides charge entry for services rendered to patients. Maintains efficient front desk operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Answer and refer telephone calls or other inquiries to ensure accurate and timely communications are facilitated.
- Greet patients and visitors promptly. Assist patients and family members or other customers with concern and empathy; respect their confidentiality Brown Dermatology.
- Confirm patient appointments in advance of visit.
- Consistently demonstrate ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary.
- Schedule patient appointments.
- Minimize non-productive time and fill slow periods with activities that will enable you to prepare to meet the future needs of the office (organizing, housekeeping, assisting others, etc.).
- Check patients into clinical office by updating patient demographic information and “arriving” the patient in the software. Verify insurance information at each patient visit.
- Review encounter forms to ensure accurate diagnostic/treatment codes are applied.
- Collect payments (co-pays) and deductibles for services rendered when applicable (at check in or at check out.)
- Collect patient balances.
- Reconcile encounter forms and payment collection on a daily basis.
- Document and log unused encounter forms as directed by the Patient Accounting Office.
- Check patients out of the clinical site by processing the paperwork, scheduling follow up visits and entering the charge for the visit.
- Photocopy, fax, and file as required.
- Process outgoing mail and distribute incoming mail.
- Type correspondence as directed.
- Filing as required.
- Prepare initial patient medical record.
Successful candidates will have:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program or one-year experience gained through prior employment in a medical practice.
- National certification preferred.
- Knowledge of dermatological examination, diagnostic and/or treatment procedures preferred.
- Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions necessary to maintain a safe work environment.
- Ability to read, speak and understand (both orally and in writing) English.
- Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
- Ability to communicate appropriately.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective, professional working relationships with patients, physicians, supervisor and peers.
- Ability to access or retrieve clinical information in EMR and scan in any pertinent information.
HOW TO APPLY
For more information and a full job description, please visit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future website at www.skillsforri.com/jobs. Applicants interested in this position will be screened by Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and Brown Dermatology will make the final hiring decisions.
WHY APPLY THROUGH SKILLS FOR RHODE ISLAND’S FUTURE
Our mission is focused on supporting unemployed and underemployed job seekers. Our goal is to get you back to work. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future’s team will guide and provide you with support throughout the hiring process.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has agreements with employers to recruit talent like you, making us a resource to get the unemployed and underemployed job seeker back to work.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future is recruiting candidates for Brown Dermatology. Please read more about Skills for Rhode Island’s Future at the end of this job description.
COMPANY NAME: Brown Dermatology
JOB TITLE: Medical Secretary
LOCATION: Providence, RI
HOURS: 1st Shift
Under the direction of office supervisor and physicians receives patients into site. Ensures record is complete and available prior to patient arrival. Updates patient information including demographics and insurance information. As appropriate, provides patients with information regarding appointments, test requirements, etc. in preparation for their next visit. Collects co-payments, prepares and maintains related records. Provides charge entry for services rendered to patients. Maintains efficient front desk operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Answer and refer telephone calls or other inquiries to ensure accurate and timely communications are facilitated.
- Greet patients and visitors promptly. Assist patients and family members or other customers with concern and empathy; respect their confidentiality Brown Dermatology.
- Confirm patient appointments in advance of visit.
- Consistently demonstrate ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary.
- Schedule patient appointments.
- Minimize non-productive time and fill slow periods with activities that will enable you to prepare to meet the future needs of the office (organizing, housekeeping, assisting others, etc.).
- Check patients into clinical office by updating patient demographic information and “arriving” the patient in the software. Verify insurance information at each patient visit.
- Review encounter forms to ensure accurate diagnostic/treatment codes are applied.
- Collect payments (co-pays) and deductibles for services rendered when applicable (at check in or at check out.)
- Collect patient balances.
- Reconcile encounter forms and payment collection on a daily basis.
- Document and log unused encounter forms as directed by the Patient Accounting Office.
- Check patients out of the clinical site by processing the paperwork, scheduling follow up visits and entering the charge for the visit.
- Photocopy, fax, and file as required.
- Process outgoing mail and distribute incoming mail.
- Type correspondence as directed.
- Filing as required.
- Prepare initial patient medical record.
Successful candidates will have:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Graduate of a Medical Assistant Program or one-year experience gained through prior employment in a medical practice.
- National certification preferred.
- Knowledge of dermatological examination, diagnostic and/or treatment procedures preferred.
- Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions necessary to maintain a safe work environment.
- Ability to read, speak and understand (both orally and in writing) English.
- Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
- Ability to communicate appropriately.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective, professional working relationships with patients, physicians, supervisor and peers.
- Ability to access or retrieve clinical information in EMR and scan in any pertinent information.
HOW TO APPLY
For more information and a full job description, please visit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future website at www.skillsforri.com/jobs. Applicants interested in this position will be screened by Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and Brown Dermatology will make the final hiring decisions.
WHY APPLY THROUGH SKILLS FOR RHODE ISLAND’S FUTURE
Our mission is focused on supporting unemployed and underemployed job seekers. Our goal is to get you back to work. Skills for Rhode Island’s Future’s team will guide and provide you with support throughout the hiring process.
Skills for Rhode Island’s Future has agreements with employers to recruit talent like you, making us a resource to get the unemployed and underemployed job seeker back to work.
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