What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Clinical Secretary - Ophthalmology position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock?
Responsibilities
- Answers telephone, screens and directs calls, gives directions, and takes messages.
- Schedules patients, manages calendars, schedules surgical procedures, ancillaries, rotaries, and coordinates deposition scheduling.
- Designs, analyzes, and coordinates master and other schedules.
- Maintains, tracks, and sends charts. May provide scribing and other administrative support to clinical staff.
- Types letters, memoranda, manuscripts, grants, etc. Composes and edits correspondence.
- Creates forms and spreadsheets, tables, charts, databases and slides.
- Performs file/record management functions, prepares/constructs charts/departmental patient records, and obtains new medical record numbers.
- Completes and processes a variety of reports, forms, reimbursements, etc. Obtains authorizations and pre-certifications.
- Conducts on the job training for new staff members and gives input into performance appraisals. Directs the work of other employees, work study students, floats, temps, volunteers and others.
- Creates agendas and takes minutes for meetings.
- Coordinates conferences/meetings and make travel arrangements.
- Performs budget tracking and record keeping procedures. Addresses billing concerns, and solves patient billing issues. Maintains account/fund bookkeeping, and provides input into budget preparation. Maintains petty cash, collects money from patients, and performs balancing and cash-out functions. Reviews billing sheets.
- Prepares grants and negotiates outside contracts.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications
- High School diploma with 3 years of administrative support experience or the equivalent required.
- Proven experience working with the public required.
- Knowledge of medical terminology may be required.
- Proficiency in PC word processing, spreadsheets, and Excel, Power Point, MC Publisher software's.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Previous experience working in a medical setting preferred.
Required Licensure/Certifications
- None
- Area of Interest: Secretarial/Clerical/Administrative
- Pay Range: $18.28/Hr. - $28.33/Hr.
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week
- Shift: Day
- Job ID: 41636
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Salary : $18 - $28