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Medical Administrative Assistant

Career Highlights

Work in different medical office practices
Make a difference in people's lives
Work with Pharmaceutical Representatives and Doctors

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Tags: Healthcare, Administrative Assistant, Medical Support, Clerical, Receptionist, Office Support

Career Summary

Medical Administrative Assistants may play many different administrative roles in a health care setting. Their duties can range from managing a single office to overseeing an entire facility or system, or administrating a specific clinical department or health care service.

Most health care or medical office assistants are employed by hospitals, but the fastest employment growth is with in-home health care agencies, long-term care facilities, managed care, practitioner offices, and clinics.

Health care organizations need Medical Administrative Assistants to keep them running smoothly. In order to make effective decisions, a Medical Administrative Assistant should be open to different opinions and be good at analyzing contradictory information. Also important are strong leadership abilities, tact, diplomacy, flexibility, and communication skills.

As reliance on technology continues to grow in offices, the role of the Medical Administrative Assistant includes more technical skills. Medical Administrative Assistants assume some of the managerial responsibilities. Many assistants conduct research on the Internet and coordinate office administrative activities, which may include filing, data management and customer service.

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Salary

$35000*

Education

Requires a degree in:

Health Services Administration

Career Skills

Keyboarding skills
Telephone (multi-line) and reception techniques
Bookkeeping & collection procedures is helpful
Managing/filing patient records
Appointment scheduling
Medical law & ethics
Use of PDR (Physician's Desk Reference)
OSHA standards and Universal precautions
Understanding vital sign notes
Patient billing (electronic & manual)
Greet and direct all visitors
Prepare visitor ID badges
Answer and properly route all incoming calls
Serve as administrative assistant
Receive, send and distribute faxes
Data entry
Coordinate special events / projects as assigned

Additional Information

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Comments

Posted on 2008-05-15 22:01:16 by Deirdre Spalthoff

please find my resume below:

DEIRDRE SPALTHOFF
PO Box 1314 �Greenwood Lake, NY 10925 � 973.214.3256 �845.477.2606 deirdre827@yahoo.com
PROFILE

Solid experience in account reconciliation, billing, and receivables. Demonstrated leadership and communications skills utilized for effective support of overall business plans. Detail-oriented, accurate, efficient. Multi-disciplined professional with a background including:

Marketing Communications Trade Shows and Special Events
Customer Service Website Development
Sales Support and Training Corporate Finance
Certified EKG Technician

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ 2005 - 2007

Senior Communications Coordinator for office automation equipment and Electronics Company

Supervise various financial projects
� Generated purchase requisitions through Oracle
� Prepared and coded various invoices to ensure proper payment
� Provided event planning support
� Assisted with National Dealer Meetings logistics on a quarterly basis
� Tracked all current promotional winners on a monthly basis
� Coordinated various meetings and conferences including travel arrangements
� Responsible for full administrative duties
� Administrative support to Vice President of Product Marketing, Vice President Marketing Support and Director of Product Marketing
� Liaison between Senior Management and fellow employees

Konica Minolta, Ramsey, NJ 1996 - 2005

Executive Assistant for business Technology Company

� Assisted with the development of and launch of online applications on Konica Minolta�s secured customer website
� Performed full secretarial and administrative duties for the Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning and the Senior Vice President of Marketing
� Liaison between Senior Vice Presidents and staff members
� Prepared special database reports and data summary generated from company�s ERP System.
� Prepared all fiscal year marketing budgets
� Generated purchase requisitions
� Obtained and clearly documented the coding of invoices
� Coordinated use of Sales Demonstration Room
� Assisted with Customer Support for Dealers and end users requiring service
� Prepared special reports and summarized data
� Maintained appointment schedules by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, teleconferences, and travel
� Coordinated various Division Meetings

CAN AM Computer Mahwah, NJ 1986 - 1996

Administrative Assistant for Sun Microsystems Reseller

� Coordinated trade shows
� Developed and executed Direct Mail Campaigns for potential customers
� Maintained continuous balance of reseller development funds
� Responsible for all administrative duties of Present and Chief Operating Officer
� Receive and complete all hiring packages
� Managed all correspondence of stock equipment and rotation
� Interacted with customers on sales inquires, process sales orders and follow up assistance
� Worked with vendors and suppliers in evaluation flow of merchandise
� Worked with sales staff on determining new products to evaluate, update and maintain Reseller Agreement contracts
� Responsible for customer service on Sun Workstations, including, but not limited to, billing and credits issued
� Evaluated all peripherals for Sun Workstations

COMPUTER SKILLS
� Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
� SAP, Oracle, Lotus Notes, Visio, Avenue, Real World, ACT

EDUCATION
A.A.S. Degree, Marketing, Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York 2001

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
� Certified Special Events Planner
� B.O.C.E.S. Allied Health Services.
� Medical Terminology certified
� Certified E.K.G. Technician
Posted on 2008-03-28 11:23:25 by Anthony J. Gordon, Jr

This is a field that I would love to enter and recieve training in. Is there any assistance out there for me? Thanking you in advance for your time uin this matter, I am
Respectfully submitted
Anthony J. Gordon, Jr

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