Clinical Assistant
Pediatric practice in upper Manhattan seeks graduating seniors or recent graduate for full-time position starting in Spring 2024. Opportunity to start part-time before graduation. A fitting training ground for those interested in medicine, health care, or small business management. Hudson Heights Pediatrics is looking for someone interested in both the clinical and managerial aspects of medicine.
Our ideal candidate has:
- interest in the field of healthcare
- effective communication skills and is comfortable interacting both in-person and over the phone
- the desire to take initiative
- comfort multitasking, prioritizing, and dealing with several pressing matters at once
- sensitivity to the needs of patients, visitors and coworkers
- excellent organizational skills
- strong teamwork skills
- experience working with children
Responsibilities include:
- serving as clinical and administrative staff, including taking patient vitals, assisting with vaccines and bloodwork, performing point-of-care tests and other tasks to be assigned
- conducting intake and checkout and other reception duties
- discussing clinical cases with patients over the phone
- helping to manage the practice and doctor’s schedules
- reviewing and helping to implement and monitor Quality Incentive Programs
- assisting with billing and claim submission and follow up with insurance companies
This is a full-time position starting in the spring of 2024 and requiring 40 hours per week, including approximately one Sunday per month. Opportunity to start part-time before graduation. Salary based on experience. Spanish language skills are a plus. We work with an amazing team of doctors led by Dr. Joseph Richter who has been affiliated with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for 23 years and founded the practice in 2009. Hudson Heights Pediatrics has been managed and staffed by Columbia and Barnard graduates since its opening. HHP staff alumni have an over 90% success rate when applying to medical school and nurse practitioner programs (pediatric, midwifery and family medicine).
Please send your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and interest to goldman@hudsonheightspediatrics.com.
To read about our doctors, and find out more about our practice, please visit our website: www.hudsonheightspediatrics.com