Medical Assistant/Secretary

Requisition Number: 14074

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations.

Summary:
Provides clinical and clerical support to assure smooth daily department operations in assigned medical practice or practices. Assures that the patient and examination area is properly prepared.

Responsibilities:

• Greets and brings patient back from waiting room to clinical area
• Performs all necessary intake activities
• Transcribes and updates patient information in the patient record.
• Prepares and organizes patient charts for assigned providers
• Completes other paperwork such as disability paperwork and scanning of other pertinent patient information 
• Performs and stays current with EMR Orders Reconciliation 
• Assures the examination area is clean after each patient use and stocked
• Assures the patient is properly prepared for the scheduled visit to maintain timely patient flow
• Conducts in-office testing as directed by the provider
• Coordinates testing and outside ancillary services 
• Performs pathology and other audits 

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1 year Medical Assistant, Medical Secretary experience, new graduate of Medical Assistant program, Nursing Assistant training program, EMT certification, or 3 years job related experience in a medical office
• Skilled in obtaining accurate patient vital signs
• CPR certification preferred. Bi-lingual preferred

 

Location: Danbury-24 Hospital Ave

Work Type: Full-Time

Standard Hours: 40.00

Work Schedule: Day 

Work Shift: 8am-5pm

 Pay Range: $15-25

 

 

 

 

 

City: Danbury

State: Connecticut

Community / Marketing Title: Medical Assistant/Secretary

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Danbury, Connecticut US

Job Number: 55684