General Education Development
- Must be able to read, write and speak English
- High School graduate or equivalent
- Five (5) years previous medical staff office experience preferred
- Computer knowledge and skills required
- Ability to handle confidential material
- Minimum typing speed 45 words per minute
- Valid Alabama driver’s license
- Current automobile liability insurance
- CPCS certification required within 5 years of employment to position
Aptitudes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Accuracy and neatness in work habits
- Professional appearance
Machines, Tools and Equipment Required to Operate
- Telephone System
- Automated Answering System
- Copier
- Personal computer and printer
- Transcription Equipment
- FAX machine
WORKING CONDITIONS
Interpersonal Relationships
- Contact with others via telephone, email, face to face
- May periodically encounter unpleasant individuals
- Individual and team work
- Writes and sends letters and memos via mail and electronic mail
Physical Work Conditions
- Light work-lifting up to 20 pounds with frequent carrying of up to 10 pounds.
- Significant sitting and walking
- Involves stair climbing, stooping and crouching, reaching and keyboarding
- Vision and hearing normal to correctable to normal
- More than 95% of work day is spent indoors in climate controlled environment
- Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation
- Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
- Physical presence on site is essential
Structural Job Characteristics
- Works 40 hours per week
- Self-motivated and independent work
- Daily work with departmental software
- Environment structured with requirement to follow processes exactly
- Large degree of variability in daily work
- Monthly deadlines must be met