Medical Secretary
Medical Secretary
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Job Description
Job Title: Medical Secretary
Department: Transcription
Shift: Monday Friday 7:00am 4:00pm
Location: Visalia
Classification: NonExempt
Reports to: Practice Manager
Yosemite Pathology is a private independent pathologist owned and operated surgical pathology and cytology laboratory based in Modesto CA. YP provides comprehensive state of the art reliable and accurate diagnostic services to its physicians and major area hospitals in the Alameda Amador Calaveras Contra Costa Kern Mariposa Merced San Joaquin Solano Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties.
YP offers a full spectrum of tissue pathology cytology and histology services including examination of gynecologic specimens body fluids and fine needle aspiration specimens. We also offer an extensive array of special stains and immunohistochemistry to assist in the management of oncologic and nononcologic diseases. The laboratory is supported by highly qualified Histotechnologist Cytotechnologist Technicians and office staff who offer excellent service.
Summary/Objective
The Medical Secretary and performs general administrative secretarial duties including assisting with daily workflow and case management for pathologists ensuring timely handling of requests to ensure optimal patient care.
Essential Functions
- Acts as a liaison and handles phone inquiries with clients and vendors
- Assist pathologists with administrative tasks
- Responsible for slide referral preparation handling and distribution
- Data entry and verification of clinical information and patient demographics
- Assist Pathologists with addendums Tumor Board cases and ordering additional testing with vendors
- Responsible for requesting and obtaining specimen slides and blocks for sendout including logging of sendouts and requesting authorization as needed
- Scan and file sendout reports in systems log and appropriately communicate all details of receipt of reports and materials from sendout facilities
- Performs and demonstrates proficiency and understanding of all medical transcriber procedures
- Demonstrates ability in problemsolving situations and initiates corrective action with minimum supervision
- Maintains strictest confidentiality
- Other duties or responsibilities as assigned or requested by the departmental supervisor
Minimum Job Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Minimum of one 1 year transcriber experience preferred
- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred
- Typing ability 60 wpm
- Word processing computer experience
Compensation and Benefits:
- The compensation range is $50000 $70000 annually (exempt) paid semimonthly on an eight 8 hour per day forty 40 hour per week. Final salary offer subject to multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise geographic location of the role and current market data.
- 401(k) includes an employer match up to 4
- Robust health plans including dental vision life and mental health support.
- Offer generous annual vacation and sick time
- 10 paid holidays
- Annual scrub allowance for Lab roles
Work Environment
Requires prolonged sitting some bending stooping and stretching. Requires eyehand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard photocopier telephone and other office equipment. Requires normal range of hearing and eye sight to record prepare and communicate appropriate reports. Requires dexterity to type 60 wpm.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand walk use hands to finger handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Employment Type
Full-Time
