medical administrative assistant

Work setting

• Clinic
• Dental practice

Tasks

• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Complete insurance and other claim forms
• Initiate and maintain confidential medical files and records
• Perform data entry
• Provide customer service
• Provide basic information to clients and the public
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Perform clerical duties, such as filing and sorting and distributing mail
• Obtain and process information required to provide customer service
• Maintain work records and logs
• Invoice patients for dental services
• Greet people and direct them to contacts or service areas
• Calculate billing charges
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Receive and issue payments
• MS Office

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Word
• Electronic mail
• MS Excel
• MS Windows
• MS Outlook
• Electronic medical records

Technical terminology

• Dental

Transportation / travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Ability to work independently

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask
• Time management

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities
• Wellness program