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Medical office assistant

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 37.5 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Health care institution, facility or clinic

Tasks

  • Greet people and direct them to contacts or service areas
  • Provide basic information to clients and the public
  • Obtain and process information required to provide customer service
  • Operate switchboard or telephone system
  • Order office supplies
  • Record and relay information
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Send invoices
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Receive and issue payments
  • Perform clerical duties, such as filing and sorting and distributing mail
  • Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
  • Calculate billing charges
  • Provide directory assistance
  • Relay service to persons with disabilities
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Switchboard 1-25 lines
  • Spreadsheet
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • MS Windows
  • Salesforce

Type of experience

  • Call centre
  • Sales and marketing

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Ability to multitask
  • Time management

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

  • Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Free parking available