Medical administrative assistant
- Iqaluit, NU, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- Working hours
- 30 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Clinic
- Willing to relocate
- Interview patients to obtain case histories
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Complete insurance and other claim forms
- Maintain filing system
- Order supplies and maintain inventory
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- Enter and format electronically based medical reports and correspondence and prepare spreadsheets and documents for review
- Initiate and maintain confidential medical files and records
- Prepare draft agendas for meetings and take, transcribe and distribute minutes
- Perform data entry
- MS Word
- Electronic mail
- MS Excel
- MS Windows
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Evening
- Morning
- Day
- Overtime available
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week
More about this job
Responsibilities
Interview patients to obtain case histories, schedule appointments, process claims, and maintain confidential medical records. Manage office procedures, supplies, data entry, medical documents, and meeting agendas and minutes.
Requirements
Requires a college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program lasting one to two years, and two to less than three years of experience. Candidates should be accurate, organized, reliable, client-focused, flexible, and effective communicators, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Patient Interviewing
- Appointment Scheduling
- Insurance Claims Processing
- Records Management
- Inventory Management
- Office Procedures
- Medical Report Preparation
- Spreadsheet Preparation
- Meeting Minutes
- Data Entry
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Windows
- Written Communication
- Oral Communication
Benefits
- Dental Plan
- Health Care Plan
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Administrative
Keywords
- Medical Administration
- Clinic
- Patient Case Histories
- Appointment Scheduling
- Insurance Claims
- Medical Records
- Filing System
- Inventory Management
- Office Procedures
- Medical Reports
- Correspondence
- Spreadsheets
- Meeting Agendas
- Meeting Minutes
- Data Entry
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Windows
- Confidential Records