Bariatric Office Assistant

Bariatric Office Assistant

The Bariatric Office Assistant will provide support in the overall operations of the program to ensure cohesive processes are maintained between all staff members of the bariatric team and patients alike. It is expected that the office assistant will be able to multitask, prioritize daily activities, and function independently. The office assistant should have a working knowledge of bariatric surgery and its administrative processes in order to direct patients and answer program questions. This position requires the individual to be sensitive to the needs and health issues of the obese and morbidly obese patients and family.

The Bariatric Office Assistant contributes to the day-to-day operations of the bariatric program, standards of care, and attainment of the program's goals. Duties may include maintaining and ordering of office supplies, managing A / P from product research, processing of purchase orders, processing merchant invoices, checking requests and filing, compiling program statistics into report form, scanning and abstracting paper charts into EMR, providing support for educational seminars which includes equipment and room setup, patient registration and answering patient questions, processing of outgoing referral requests, completing FMLA, disability or other patient forms, assisting with accreditation compliance, assisting with pre-certification and scheduling of diagnostic tests and follow up, serving as chaperone to the physician on clinic days when necessary, as well as other duties assigned as needed.