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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
- Billing Coordinator
- Admissions Coordinator
- Ward Secretary
- Verification Specialist
- Unit Clerk
- Surgery Scheduler
- 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 Unit Coordinator
- 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 “Health Unit Coordinator”
- Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.
- Complete insurance or other claim forms.
- Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.
- Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
- Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
- Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
- Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
- Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.
- Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
- Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records.
- 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.
- Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
- Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.
- Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.
Related Technology & Tools
- Credit card processing machines
- Laser printers
- Laptop computers
- Photocopying equipment
- Switchboards
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Dictaphones
- Laser facsimile machines
- Desktop computers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Scanners
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Spreadsheet software
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- NaviMedix NaviNet
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Accounts payable software
- Addressing software
- Amazing Charts
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Epic Systems
- Medical condition coding software
- Microsoft Word
- CPSI CPSI System
- Electronic health record EHR software
- HMS
- Microsys MicroMD
- Allscripts Payerpath
- Microsoft Access
- MEDITECH software
- Allscripts Professional PM
- Accounts receivable software
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Excel
- IDX Groupcast
- Graphics software
- Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale
- Word processing software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Email software
- MEDENT
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Intuit QuickBooks
- MEDITECH Medical and Practice Management MPM Suite
- Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance CMS Secure Net Access Portal C-SNAP
- Web browser software
- Billing software
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- Database software
- dBASE Plus
- Microsoft Outlook
- Data entry software
- McKesson Lytec
- Microsoft Office
- Scheduling software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Corel WordPerfect
- eMDs Medisoft