Office Assistant - job 1 of 3

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs duties under supervision and within well established guidelines.

• Greets patients or visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail and performs other general clerical duties.

• May provide assistance with programs/software for Providers. May assemble and maintain patient charts.

• Responsible for making copies, answering phones, making appointments, and maintaining records.

• May be responsible for maintaining office inventory including ordering supplies. Ensures that office equipment is in good working order and requests repairs or maintenance as needed.

• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.