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From a medical assistant or secretary to manager of operations, discover an extraordinary career path at Northwell Health
Are you looking to grow into a career in operations at Northwell? Our team members can advance their careers in clinical and non-clinical roles through various personal and professional resources and development programs. This includes continuing educational opportunities through our Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI), mentorships, Business Employee Resource Groups (BERGs), tuition reimbursement and more. Below, you can explore one of the many ways you can grow your career from a medical assistant or secretary to a patient account representative to a supervisor of patient account services to manager of operations. For the complete job profiles of each role, we invite you to visit NorthwellCareers.com or click the link below to get started on this career journey as a medical secretary and discover a career well cared for as part of our Northwell team today.
View our available medical assistant and secretary roles today.
Medical Secretary
Medical secretaries perform diversified secretarial duties supporting management and physicians in the office or hospital. They may also perform diversified secretarial duties including scheduling appointments, recordkeeping, file and office inventory maintenance and perform related duties, as required.
- Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
- Requires prior clerical experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
Medical Assistant
Medical assistants administer para-professional nursing care. Their duties include, but are not limited to, preparing patients for the physician and administering and recording laboratory tests. They may also assist in coordinating patient needs including preparation and organization of patient clinic charts.
- Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Requires successful completion of a six (6) month to one (1) year course in medical assisting at an accredited school.
- Requires successful completion of one of the following:
- Medical assistant training program with certificate.
- One (1) to three (3) years of experience as a medical assistant, emergency medical technician or certified nursing attendant with certificate).
- Northwell Health medical assistant training program.
- Requires data entry skills (80 keystrokes per minute).
- Prior experience and demonstrated competence as a medical assistant is preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
As you move along your career path from a medical secretary or medical assistant to a patient account representative, you can pursue a relevant degree by utilizing Northwell’s tuition reimbursement program. Your background as a medical secretary or assistant will provide a great foundation for this role and also allow you to broaden your skills while continuing your education.
Patient Account Representative
Patient account representatives assist in monitoring the activities and performance of physician practices to ensure that billing-related functions are performed in an efficient manner consistent with department policies and procedures.
- Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
- Requires one (1) to three (3) years of relevant experience.
While transitioning from a patient account representative into a supervisor of patient account services, you will continue your education toward a relevant degree. This will allow you to continue advancing your education while also gaining experience in leadership.
Supervisor, Patient Account Services
Supervisors in patient account services monitor the billing team and daily operations of various health system sites to ensure that billing related functions are performed in an efficient manner consistent with department policies and procedures.
- Requires an associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Requires four (4) to six (6) years of relevant experience and up to two (2) years of leadership or management experience.
As you continue your career journey from supervisor of patient account services into a manager of operations, you will continue your education toward a bachelor’s degree. You may also participate in mentorship and management training programs. This will allow you to experience a variety of specialized learning and engagement activities in healthcare administration and operations management.
Manager, Operations
Manager of operations manage the daily administrative operations of a multi-physician, single or multiple practices, for a division or program. They also coordinate administrative functions, plan and support development of the site or joint division programs and all related areas. These leaders also manage all personnel and maintain accurate and current files on all department budgets, capital equipment requests and programs related to operational issues.
- Requires bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
- Requires six (6) to eight (8) years of relevant experience and two (2) to five (5) years of leadership and management experience.
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Learn more about our hiring experience.
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