Medical Secretary

Medical Secretary

The Medical Secretary is responsible for providing support to providers, which may include provider schedules, processes requests, referrals, verifications, and more. The Medical Secretary is an acting liaison between providers, clinical staff, insurance carriers, internal and external hospital departments, and patients. This role fills an additional level of administrative support to providers, and results in downstream increase in patient satisfaction.

Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

What You Can Expect:

• Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00PM
• No evenings, weekends, or holidays
• Part of the Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart and Electrophysiology department
• Excellent opportunity for someone looking for job security, diverse career options, and the chance to make a significant impact on patient lives.
• Support providers through essential administrative duties: medication refill requests, insurance verifications, referrals, coordination of drug reps/samples, surgery clearances, recall letters, medical record requests, and schedules testing.
• Manage new patient referrals, including creating records in electronic medical record (EMR), scheduling appointment, and verifying insurance.
• Provide customer service via incoming and outgoing phone calls, email, and in-person interactions.
• Process surgery clearance forms.

Qualifications:

• Required High School Diploma/GED
• 1 year Medical Office Required

Travel is required: Never or Rarely

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights. Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site.