Virtual Medical Assistant/Medical Office Administrator

LMC Healthcare (LMC) is Canada’s largest specialist care provider in diabetes & endocrinology. We’re transforming diabetes care by making it more accessible, comprehensive, and patient-centric than ever before. LMC has 11 multi-disciplinary centers of excellence located in 2 provinces (Ontario & Alberta). Our 50+ Endocrinologists, many of whom are nationally renowned for their areas of expertise, are supported by an interdisciplinary team of highly qualified professionals.

Our growing team is looking for a Virtual Medical Assistant/Medical Office Administrator who can work for us on a permanent full-time basis via remote.

Responsibilities:

Medical Assistant:

• Virtually prepares the patient for the provider's evaluation, which includes but is not limited to: documenting medical history and reviewing medication in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). 
• Ensures the patient's required investigations are available and liaises with medical facilities or by means of electronic software. 
• Promotes comprehensive and coordinated patient care by ensuring that the patient has access to, and is aware of, the entire LMC multidisciplinary team.
• Attends required departmental and companywide meetings.
• Assists with various administrative duties, as assigned.

Medical Office Administrator:

• Answers incoming calls to answer patient and other customer inquiries.
• Works in single or multiple skill sets or queues over different channels of customer contact.
• Schedules and coordinates patient appointments across all service lines and providers.
• Answers patient inquiries relating to their care and communicates with our sites accordingly via our Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
• Performs follow up client calls where necessary.
• Responds to voicemails and customer emails.
• Recognizes, documents, and alerts the management team of trends in customer calls.
• Managers all patient appointments and provider's schedules appropriately,
• Attends required departmental and companywide meetings.
• Assists with various administrative duties, as assigned.

Requirements:

• Previous experience working remotely.
• Previous experience as a Personal Support Worker, Medical Laboratory, or Pharmacy Technician 
• Previous experience as a Medical Assistant (MA) or Nurse.
• Experience working in a medical office environment.
• Proficiency in medication review. 
• Proficient knowledge of Electronic Medical Records
• Sound knowledge of medical terminology.
• Proficient computer and typing skills.

LMC Healthcare is an organization committed to ensuring accessible services and communications to individuals with disabilities. Once an applicant has been selected for an interview, requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their accommodation needs known when contacted. 

We thank all candidates, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.