Medical Services Assistant (Multiple Vacancies)

Medical Services Assistant (Multiple Vacancies)

Position Details

Recruitment/Posting Title: Medical Services Assistant (Multiple Vacancies)

Job Category: Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Medical and Patient Services

Department: Clinic Management

Overview: New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the stateat Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Medical Services Assistant for the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Medical Services Assistant performs routine clinical tasks and related administrative tasks as assigned to support effective and efficient office operations. Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Creates and maintains health record information, files and organizes as needed.
• Communicates with insurance providers and handles pre-authorizations and certifications as necessary.
• Communicates with patients and other providers per the instruction of the overseeing physician or health practitioner.
• Performs clinical tasks such as blood draws, EKGs, hearing and vision screens, urinalysis, and blood glucose testing.
• Prepares rooms, arranges instruments and equipment, and ensures a neat and sanitary environment.
• Rooms patients, verifies patient information, confirms purpose of visit, obtains and records vitals and updates medical history.
• Supports practice needs with clerical tasks such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, collecting co-pays, preparing lab requests.

FLSA: Nonexempt

Grade: 175

Salary Details

Minimum Salary: 27.200

Mid Range Salary: 27.700

Maximum Salary: 28.530

Benefits: Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include: Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable) Life insurance coverage Employee discount programs

Position Status: Full Time

Working Hours: 40

Standard Hours: 40.00

Daily Work Shift

Work Arrangement: This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

Union Description: Teamsters 97

Payroll Designation: PeopleSoft

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment: Staff - 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility: PERS

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience: One (1) year of relevant experience required, preferably in a medical office setting.

Certifications/Licenses: Meets the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners definition of a "certified medical assistant" as outlined in NJAC13:35-6.4(a)2.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The ability to function in a team environment is required. Knowledge of medical terminology is required.

Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) preferred; completion of medical interpreter training course preferred.

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment: Physical Demands: Position requires standing, walking, sitting, use of the hands to finger, handle or feel, talk and hear 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms over 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl under 1/3 of the time. Position requires lifting 1/3 of the time up to 10 pounds, and under 1/3 of the time up to 25 pounds. Work Environment: Moderate noise environment with some exposure (less than 1/3 of the time) to blood borne pathogens requiring the use of personal protective equipment; some potential exposure (less than 1/3 of the time) to hazardous waste.

Special Conditions: Able to travel to provide coverage at "off-site" practices as needed.