Secretary, Medical Admin Dept of Urology, 40hr day

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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Transcribes medical reports for physicians from dictation. Produces correspondence, reports memos, etc. from dictation drafts, models, etc. Proof reads and corrects material.
2. Composes, or selects standard form letters for physicians' response to routine inquiries and procedures, such as back-to-work authorizations.
3. Schedules and coordinates patient visits, medical procedures for both inpatients and outpatients with admitting, the OR, testing centers, pre-admission, etc. Accurately registers and updates patient information on computer based systems. Notifies physicians or supervisor of priority items. Schedules meetings for physicians.
4. Serves as receptionist. Greets visitors and/or patients. Ascertains their needs, and provides information as required. Provides quality customer service.
5. Receives patient care related visits and phone calls, provides routine information, identifies problem related priorities. Responds to emergency need to interrupt or contact physician and/or clinicians, based on physician's guidelines. Refers matters to appropriate person within department.

II. Position Qualifications:

Requires a High School diploma, additional specialized medical secretarial/medical office training and 1-2 years of medical secretarial/administrative support experience.

Software used: Word processing, spreadsheet, Medi-Tech, IDX, Lynx, etc.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.