Medical administrative assistant
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston
Permanent
$27 to $29 per hour
Medical administrative assistant
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
$27 to $29 per hour
Permanent
Salary
$27 to $29 per hour
Job Type
Permanent
Category
Administrative / Clerk
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 37.5 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Hospital/medical facility or clinic
Tasks
- Coordinate the flow of information
- Interview patients to obtain case histories
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Train staff in procedures and in use of current software
- 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
- Perform data entry
- Provide customer service
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Word
- Electronic mail
- MS Excel
- MS Windows
- MEDITECH
- MS Outlook
Area of work experience
- Correspondence
- Invoices
- Reports and records
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
Other benefits
- Subsidised public transportation
- Team building opportunities
- Wellness program
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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