Admin Assistant I, Otolaryngology - Jefferson Center City (FT, Days) - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, PA 19107
About the Job
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This individual will be equipped with specialized training in medical documentation, billing optimization, reputation management, workflow improvement, and IT support. They will be tasked with optimizing and assisting high productivity physicians. This individual will integrate themselves into the physician’s current workflow and work collaboratively– with a primary goal of enhancing productivity and efficiency which ultimately improves patient care.
The position includes, but is not limited to the following essential functions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Please list the fundamental job duties of the position (approx 3-5).
- Executive Assistant to Physician to include:
- High Level Medical Documentation
- Billing Optimization
- Reputation Management
- Workflow Improvement
- IT Support
Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the University.
OTHER FUNCTIONS AND COMPETENCIES needed in addition to Essential Functions:
Clinical Workflow Optimization
- Working side by side with physician as part of the clinical team in direct patient care
- Clinical Day problem solving
- Tech, fillings gaps in workflow etc.
- Liaison for strategic partnerships with other departments and vendors
Medical Documentation
- Documentation efficiency - Improving patient care and interprofessional communication.
Billing optimization:
- Decrease need/time on retro-authorizations, ensure compliant billing
Reputation Management
- Improve physicians web presence to improve new patient acquisition.
- Improve physician review capture
- Assist team with special projects as assigned (Physician Committee’s)
- Organize own work, coordinate projects, set priorities, meet deadlines and follow-up on assignments with minimal supervision.
- Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
- Must be a team player as they will be part of a larger community of CEAs who will support and empower each other.
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
good computer skills (EMR, MS Office); good communication skills (written and oral);ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.
About Jefferson
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.