Medical Secretary, Rheumatolog

Sinai Health is looking for an experienced Medical Secretary, Rheumatology at Mount Sinai Hospital. In this role, the medical secretary will be expected to exercise sound judgment and independence while managing the day-to-day related administrative activities. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to quality customer service, applying excellent problem solving and communication skills to ensure the success of the department.

In this role you will:

• Schedule patient appointments for clinics or procedures including reminder calls
• Prepare charts for daily clinics and makes sure all results are filed on chart
• Validate OHIP health cards and MSH cards.
• Submit and reconcile OHIP billing
• Review messages and transfers messages to physicians with patient chart for follow-up
• Prepare charts for new patient referrals
• Retrieve release of information documents from patient charts in order to forward information to other physicians
• Respond to referrals in a timely fashion; ensuring the correct and timely implementation of referrals to other providers/tests for patients
• Maintais physicians calendars and schedules and process all dictated clinical Establishing forms, tables, spread sheets, etc. to capture monthly statistics and to maintain clinic processes/flow
• Function in a public relations role with clients; provides timely, friendly and informative service
• Work collaboratively with other administrative support staff
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

Job Requirements

Mandatory

• Successful completion of a post-secondary degree or diploma in a relevant discipline from an accredited educational institution
• 1 year of experience inrelated work
  • Applicants with proven equivalent and related training and experience may also be considered

Preferred

• Proficiency with medical terminology and knowledge of computerized OHIP billing experience

Skills and Knowledge

• Proficiency with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) or willingness to complete EMR training.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.
• Strong work ethic; positive, client focused attitude; superior professionalism; dependability and reliability; demonstrated commitment to providing outstanding customer service.
• Superior written/oral and communication skills; excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills; ability to effectively convey factual information and detailed explanations.
• Demonstrated time management, organizational and self planning skills displaying flexibility by adjusting work schedules according to changing priorities, meeting demanding deadlines and producing high quality work.
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record