Senior Medical Secretary - FT - Day Shift

HOURLY RANGE: $21.90 - $26.87

 

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The work involves performing clerical and typing duties

directly related to medical reports, records and correspondence.  The work is of a moderately difficult nature and requires the exercise of independent judgment in the application of established procedures.  The work is performed under the direct supervision of a higher ranking professional, technical or clerical employee.  Supervision may be exercised over lower level clerical assistants.  Does related work as required.

 

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

Transcribes medical reports from dictating equipment;

Types statistical tabulations, letters, memoranda, vouchers, reports, requisitions and other materials, especially of a medical nature;

Reviews accounts, reports and other documents for completeness, accuracy and conformity with established procedures;

Indexes and files documents and correspondence;

Searches, locates and records papers and documents;

Assembles a variety of data from office records for incorporation into various reports and patient files;

Prepares payrolls and maintains time cards and doctor’s attendance reports;

Composes and types routine correspondence;

Assists in proofreading typewritten and printed materials;

Answers telephone, gives routine information to the public and makes appointments for supervisor;

Operates an adding machine, calculator or other office machines;

Collects and maintains records of fees collected by the department;

May occasionally operate an alpha-numeric key board to transcribe data to punch cards, tapes, magnetic discs or directly to a computer.

 

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Good knowledge of medical terminology, medical secretarial procedures and medical office management; good knowledge of the English language; ability to type from a variety of source documents onto medical records, forms, reports and related medical correspondence or documents; ability to transcribe from a dictating machine; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse constituency; ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; ability to utilize a variety of electronic software applications, including Microsoft Office applications; clerical aptitude; sound judgment; capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Completion of a certificate program at a regionally accredited or New York State registered college of university or post high school institution with specialization in a medical secretarial or medical assistant curriculum; or:
2. Completion of 30 semester credit hours from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college, university or post high school institution with specialization in a medical secretarial or medical assistant curriculum; or:
3. Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and (1) one year of medical office experience which included typing*

NOTE 1: *Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted for the required qualifying experience.

NOTE 2: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.