Bilingual Front Desk / Medical Assistant
$18-23/hr based on experience
Hours: 15-20 hrs per week, may increase to full time
A private podiatry office in Bloomfield, NJ is seeking a Front Desk/Medical Assistant. Experience is required and candidate must be fluent in English and Spanish.
Responsibilities (not limited to):
- Maintain a high level of patient/customer service
- Receive and assist patients
- Perform clerical tasks such as filing, data entry, and document review accurately
- Answer phone calls and receive and send faxes
- Schedule appointments
- Verify insurance eligibility
- Collect appropriate co-pays, insurance deductible, outstanding balances, and co-insurance
- Ensure confidentiality of sensitive information and follow office HIPAA protocol
- Update EMR/EHR system including entering patient demographics, insurance information, and payments
- Assist doctor with basic medical care and procedures, including preparing patient charts and notes and setting up medical equipment
- Assist with performing and processing radiographs
- Clean instruments and equipment after use
- Coordinating hospital schedule for surgeries
- Track lab results
- Inventory
- Prepare for the next day
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualities:
- Have patience, kindness, respect for all patients and doctors always
- Must be motivated
- Great organizational skills
- Must have great attention to details
- Be able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Be willing to learn
Pay: $18.00 - $23.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
