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Job Description
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-6013.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 35,060.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
- Currently, there are 556,820 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Secretaries”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Secretaries
- Ward Clerk
- Unit Support Representative
- Unit Secretary
- Physician Office Specialist
- Patient Coordinator
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Office Specialist
- Health Unit Coordinator
- Billing Coordinator
- Admissions Coordinator
- Ward Secretary
- Verification Specialist
- Unit Clerk
- Scheduler
- Receptionist
- Psychiatric Secretary
- Patient Account Representative
- Medical Terminologist
- Medical Scheduler
- Medical Reimbursement Specialist
- Medical Records Clerk
- Medical Receptionist
- Medical Office Worker
- Medical Office Secretary
- Medical Office Receptionist
- Medical Office Coordinator
- Medical Office Clerk
- Medical Front Desk Specialist
- Medical Billing Specialist
- Medical Billing Coder
- Medical Biller/Coder
- Medical Biller Coder
- Medical Administrative Specialist
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Insurance Verifier
- Hospital Unit Clerk
- Hospital Secretary
- Hospital Receptionist
- Hospital Admissions Clerk
- Health Information Coder
- Guest Service Representative
- Front Office Coordinator
- Front Desk Coordinator
- Dental Secretary
- Dental Receptionist
- Data Transcriber
- Client Service Coordinator
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant
- Appointment Scheduler
- Administrative Support Specialist
- Administrative Assistant
Tasks for “Surgery Scheduler”
- Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
- Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
- Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.
- Complete insurance or other claim forms.
- Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
- Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
- Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.
- Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records.
- Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
- Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.
- Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.
- Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
- Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.
- Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
Related Technology & Tools
- Notebook computers
- Laser printers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Dictaphones
- Credit card processing machines
- Laptop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Scanners
- Switchboards
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsys MicroMD
- Billing software
- Corel WordPerfect
- Allscripts Payerpath
- Electronic health record EHR software
- HMS
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- IDX Groupcast
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- Email software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- MEDITECH Medical and Practice Management MPM Suite
- dBASE Plus
- CPSI CPSI System
- Medical procedure coding software
- Amazing Charts
- Accounts payable software
- Data entry software
- Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Epic Systems
- Microsoft Excel
- Graphics software
- Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance CMS Secure Net Access Portal C-SNAP
- Web browser software
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- MEDITECH software
- Addressing software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Publisher
- Word processing software
- Allscripts Professional PM
- Scheduling software
- Intuit QuickBooks
- eMDs Medisoft
- McKesson Lytec
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Office
- Database software
- Medical condition coding software
- Accounts receivable software
- MEDENT
- NaviMedix NaviNet
- Spreadsheet software