Assistant Office Manager

Assistant Office Manager

The Company: Pulmonary Associates of Richmond (PAR) has been around since 1974. That's over 40 years of serving the greater Richmond community. We specialize in pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders and research. Our staff cares about our patients and delivers the utmost excellence in quality care and customer service.

The Position: PAR seeks a dynamic Assistant Office Manager to assist in managing the day-to-day activities and operations of one or more Pulmonary Clinics to include the daily operations of the Waterford Pulmonary Clinic.  

Job Responsibilities 

• Assist in managing the clinic, hospital schedule, and night call schedules for Physician and Advanced Practice Provider, including templates in Allscripts, changes in Lightning Bolt, add vacation requests, review Allscripts, night call and post call.  
• Supervise daily workflow and make changes where needed to ensure clinic runs efficiently.  
• Monitor clinic processes and policies for compliance, communicate changes to employees, and make suggestions for improvement to Manager.
• Handle complaints from patients, referring physicians, and others outside of PAR and escalate to Manager when necessary.
• Provide guidance, direction and support to Pulmonary clinic employees on routine and non-routine issues. 
• Assist with recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and promotion of clinic employees.
• Facilitate new employee training.  
• Coordinate and monitor employee work schedules, lunch times, break times, PTO requests etc. to ensure the clinic is adequately staffed.   
• Monitor staff to-do lists and queues to ensure efficiency and productivity. 
• Coordinate student externships with HR
• Order supplies and inventory 
• Trouble shoot computer, phone, and other technology problems that may occur.
• Attend Axis, Administration, and other meetings.  
• Complete special projects such as new patient work ins and Access Now patients      
• Provide coverage for MA, front desk or call center if short staffed.   
• Adhere to Pulmonary Associates' standards of excellent customer service to patients, caregivers, providers, coworkers, and those outside of Pulmonary Associates at all times.    
• Adhere to HIPAA policies and procedures to protect patient privacy and security

Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience:     

•  Over a year of experience in a healthcare setting required
•  Over a year of management experience in healthcare preferred
• Over a year of Medical Assisting in a clinical setting required 
• Allscripts PM and EMR experience highly desired 
• Over a year of experience and/or exposure to marketing preferred  

  Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending