ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, MEDICAL

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work Setting

• Physician's office

Tasks

• Interview patients to obtain case histories
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Complete insurance and other claim forms
• Maintain filing system
• Perform general clerical work, such as order supplies and maintain inventory
• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Enter and format electronically based medical reports and correspondence and prepare spreadsheets and documents for review
• Initiate and maintain confidential medical files and records
• Prepare draft agendas for meetings and take, transcribe and distribute minutes
• Supervise and train other staff in procedures and in use of current software

Computer and Technology Knowledge

• Dictaphone
• MS Word
• Electronic mail
• MS Excel
• MS Windows

Area of Work Experience

• Correspondence
• Invoices
• Reports and records

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Attention to detail

Personal Suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Reliability

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years