Medical Secretary

Overview

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At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be.  We provide: 

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1 
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs 
• Family-focused benefits  
• Wellness incentives 
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs  
• And more 

 

Work Location: Atlanta, GA

Description

• Under general supervision, performs routine office tasks following prescribed guidelines and procedures.
• Answers unit/department telephones and greets visitors according to departmental procedure, screens calls, and takes messages or refers caller/visitor to appropriate staff member.
• Greets visitors in a courteous manner.
• Receives, opens, dates, and distributes incoming mail to appropriate employee.
• Prepares and mails outgoing correspondence and information.
• Sets up, organizes, and maintains various departmental and/or patient files according to established procedures.
• Retrieves appropriate information upon request for internal and external use.
• Arranges and schedules appointments and regular or intermittent meetings for one or more managers, prepares daily schedules, prioritizes requests for meetings, and makes and confirms travel arrangements.
• Schedules and coordinates meetings and/or special events.
• Takes minutes as requested.
• Takes and/or transcribes dictation.
• Types medical reports and summaries, patient histories, operative notes, proposals, manuscripts, and letters requiring a knowledge of medical terminology from rough draft to final copy.
• Proofreads generated documents for grammar, punctuation, spelling and factual correctness and conformance to policies.
• Advises writer or supervisor of policy deviations.
• May direct the work of student and/or temporary employees.
• May interview applicants and provide input to performance evaluations.
• Tracks vacation and back up coverage schedules.
• Processes employee time cards and transactions after review and approval.
• Operates standard office equipment including telephones, copiers, fax machines, and computers.
• Inventories, orders, and maintains office supplies and forms.
• Completes purchase requisitions and receives supplies.
• Enters, updates, maintains, compiles and retrieves data from computer databases.
• Documents how to access files.
• Generates regular or special reports and/or statistics after collecting and organizing data.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One year of clerical or secretarial experience.
• A knowledge of medical terminology.
• Previous experience with various personal computer software packages.
• Positions within this classification may require the ability to type or keyboard 40 accurate words per minute.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

 

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.