About this role
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking a full-time Medical Assistant/Front Desk Receptionist to work at the clinic located in Overland Park, KS.
This Assistant’s responsibilities include all duties related to the front-desk and some back-office. Responsibilities assigned to individuals can and will change at any time at the discretion of management or the supervisor.
Front Office
Responsibilities
- Filing of all scanned paperwork daily
- Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day.
- Prepare travel chart weekly
- Open and distribute mail, daily
- Print schedule for following clinic day. Verity that all progress notes and super-bills are attached
- Order office supplies
- Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations
- Page on consultations to physicians. Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension
- Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines. If patient is new, directions should be given
- Handle and process billing information daily
- Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily
- Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information
- Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk
- Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients
- Process medical records requests
- Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen
- Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab. Document same in Medical Record
- Ensure superbills are completed at visit end, including, visit code, diagnoses and all labs ordered
- Back Office
Responsibilities
- Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen
- Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients
- Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted
- Other tasks as assigned by management
Requirements
- Must have at least (1) one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting
- Must be comfortable with back office responsibilities
- High school Education or equivalent
- Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19.
- Requests for accommodations/exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Salary
- $39,000-$46,000 ($19/hour + monthly bonus)