Medical Secretary - Toronto, Canada - Sinai Health

Sinai Health

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care.

We provide excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home.

Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health System is looking for a
Medical Secretary to support our
department of Rheumatology at our
Mount Sinai Hospital Campus.

Responsibilities

Greet patients and visitors in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
Functions in the front office clinical role providing timely, friendly, empathetic and informative service to patients and visitors.
Scheduling of patient appointments, tests and procedures.
Cerner registration for all patient visits.
Preparation and maintenance of patient charts, including filing of all results and correspondences received.
Validation of OHIP health cards and MSH cards.
Forwards information to other physicians respecting patient confidentiality and privacy including retrieval of release of information documents as necessary.
Maintaining an uptodate clinical calendar on appointment scheduler.
Works collaboratively with other administrative support staff.
Participates in other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Successful completion of a postsecondary degree or diploma in a relevant discipline from an accredited educational institution, secretarial program certificate preferred.
Minimum 1 year of recent fulltime related work experience.
Applicants with proven equivalent recent and related training and experience may also be considered.
Experience with Accuro is considered an asset.
Excellent telephone, interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Good organizational and time management skills.
Ability to use good judgment in assessing difficult situations.
Strong experience working in a health care environment.
Working independently, as a team player in liaison with patient and doctor is crucial in the structure of this position. Knowledge of general office practices, procedures and standards.
Experience in a Microsoft Office software environment.
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Knowledge of medical billing procedure.
Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance history.