Medical Support Assistant - Bethesda MD

Medical Support Assistant - Bethesda MD

A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND DRUG SCREENING IS REQUIRED TO FILL THIS POSITIONMedical Support Assistant, Bethesda MDRequired Skills & Abilities:* One (1) year experience in a health care setting working directly in-person with patients.* Have a basic knowledge of medical terminology.Preferred Experience:* Three (3) years of Health Care experience working directly with patients.Duties:* Schedules patient appointments in the computerized appointment scheduling system.* Transcribe requests for patient admission; pre-register patients for admission; admit inpatients and register new outpatients in the NIH Clinical Research Information System (CRIS).* Prepare areas for the workday; receive and direct telephone calls; provide reception; make arrangements for interpreter services.* Prepare any medical record or visit paperwork for the patient visit; assemble inpatient chart; disassemble inpatient chart for filing in medical record.* Perform monthly safety inspections; and provide requested patient identification materials (labels, wristbands, etc.).* Transcribe requests for patient travel authorizations into the NIH Business Systems (NBS).* Enter data, produce, and/or distribute various reports; collect and enter patient wait and processing time statisticsHours of Operation :* On-Site Base Hours: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Friday* Days, Evenings, which shall include holidays, weekends and may include overtime as needed* After Hours Supplemental Pay: (Evening and Nights +3.50 p/h, Weekends +5.00 p/h)Education:* High School Diploma (minimum)* Associates degree (preferred)* Duties for most areas require walking, carrying medical records, medical equipment, etc. up to about 50 pounds. A significant part of the job involves working with computers.Benefits:* Two Week Vacation* Paid Medical/Dental/Vision* 401k* Paid Federal Holidays* BereavementMedical support assistants will be required to comply with all applicable federal and state government regulations regarding control of infectious diseases in health care facilities (PPD, MMR, Rubeola, HepB, TB, Varicella, Influenza, etc vaccinations)Send resume to [email protected]