Lab Secretary - Cancer Center, 30 hours, days at UMass… · Milford

Summary: UMass Memorial Medical Center is a premier health system in Central Massachusetts, dedicated to exceptional patient care and academic excellence. They are seeking a Lab Secretary for the Cancer Center who will be responsible for clerical duties, patient registration, and ensuring the organization of the lab environment. Responsibilities: - Cordially greets and receives patients, ascertains their needs and appropriately directs patients - Has command of computer, uses telephone courteously, performs clerical duties and registers, receives, enters, centrifuges and distributes specimens - Demonstrates a high degree of organizational skills - Organizes work in anticipation of changes in work flow - Efficiently maintains all files - Ability to multitask - Assists in making sure all areas in the lab are organized and clean - Responsible for accurately sending results - Promptly faxes results when required - Ensures all electronic results have gone through appropriately - When Electronic fax does not go through will print out results and manually fax over results - Utilizes telephone courtesy - Answers departmental telephone calls promptly, courteously and efficiently - Answers requests for results promptly - Routes calls appropriately - Ensure proper registration - Accurately and promptly registers patients - Is able to troubleshoot printer issues - Able to troubleshoot Registration issues - Has a command of the computer system - Locates desired information quickly - Attains accuracy and speed at the keyboard - Navigates through the system efficiently Required Qualifications: - High school diploma - Medical terminology and typing course Preferred Qualifications: - 1-2 years Medical Secretarial preferred Required Skills: Medical Terminology, Typing, Patient Registration, Telephone Courtesy, Computer System Navigation, Faxing Results, Printer Troubleshooting Benefits: Signing bonus available