Medical Office Assistant
- Kamloops, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Kamloops Northshore Urgent and Primary Care Centre has an exciting opportunity for a Permanent Full-Time Medical Office Assistant to join our dedicated healthcare team in beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia.
If you are an organized, compassionate, and customer-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment, we want to hear from you!
Why Join Us?
At the Kamloops Northshore Urgent and Primary Care Centre, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients and healthcare providers while contributing to exceptional patient care in your community. This is an excellent opportunity to build your career within a dynamic and supportive team environment.
Hours of work are rotating days & evenings - 07:00 to 15:08, 10:52 to 19:00 rotating
Days off: Rotating
What We Offer
In this role you will perform a variety of medical office assistant and clerical duties such as:
If you are an organized, compassionate, and customer-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment, we want to hear from you!
Why Join Us?
At the Kamloops Northshore Urgent and Primary Care Centre, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients and healthcare providers while contributing to exceptional patient care in your community. This is an excellent opportunity to build your career within a dynamic and supportive team environment.
Hours of work are rotating days & evenings - 07:00 to 15:08, 10:52 to 19:00 rotating
Days off: Rotating
What We Offer
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Employer paid training/education opportunities
- Employer paid vacation
- Employer paid insurance premiums
- Extended health & dental coverage
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Work-life balance
- Opportunities for career advancement
In this role you will perform a variety of medical office assistant and clerical duties such as:
- Registering patients – including scheduling and confirming appointments
- Answering telephones, general correspondence, record keeping, chart notes, reports, medical billings
- Data entry and word processing, graphic and database applications,
- Compiling and entering statistical information,
- Writing correspondence including: recording, transcribing and typing forms
- Balancing and checking revenue transactions
- Managing medical/surgical supplies and equipment and other resource material.
- Escorting patients to examination/treatment rooms and ensuring appropriate instruments, procedure trays or other supplies are set up;
- Attending sensitive examination procedures and treatments; routine measurements - weight, BMI calculations, eye exams, urinalysis.
- Cleaning and sterilizing medical equipment and instruments as well as delivery and disposal of supplies, biological, material and equipment
- A 5-minute typing test (40+ NWPM) from a recognized institution, completed within the past 24 months (non-supervised tests not accepted). Click here for testing details.
- A Medical Office Assistant Certificate;
- Your Resume outlining two year’s recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
- A Cover Letter stating your availability to start in a new position and on-call, casual work (i.e. days of the week).
More about this job
Responsibilities
Register patients and manage appointments, calls, correspondence, medical records, billing, data entry, and revenue transactions. Support clinical procedures by preparing rooms and supplies, escorting patients, taking routine measurements, and cleaning and sterilizing medical equipment.
Requirements
Applicants must provide a Medical Office Assistant Certificate and a recognized, supervised five-minute typing test completed within the past 24 months, with a speed of at least 40 NWPM. The posting requests a resume outlining two years of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience, plus a cover letter stating availability.
Skills
- Patient Registration
- Appointment Scheduling
- Telephone Communication
- Medical Records Management
- Data Entry
- Word Processing
- Statistical Data Entry
- Medical Billing
- Revenue Reconciliation
- Medical Supply Management
- Patient Escorting
- Routine Patient Measurements
- Medical Equipment Cleaning And Sterilization
- Typing
Benefits
- Employee And Family Assistance Program
- Employer-Paid Training And Education Opportunities
- Employer-Paid Vacation
- Employer-Paid Insurance Premiums
- Extended Health And Dental Coverage
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Work-Life Balance
- Career Advancement Opportunities
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Administrative
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Medical Office Assistant
- Medical Office Assistant Certificate
- Patient Registration
- Appointment Scheduling
- Appointment Confirmation
- Medical Records
- Chart Notes
- Medical Billing
- Data Entry
- Word Processing
- Database Applications
- Statistical Information
- Revenue Transactions
- Medical Supplies
- Medical Equipment
- Procedure Trays
- Patient Measurements
- BMI Calculations
- Eye Exams
- Urinalysis
- Equipment Sterilization
- Typing Test
- 40 NWPM
- Urgent And Primary Care
- Healthcare