Medical Secretary | 40hrs/week

Careers With Purpose

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Facility: Van Demark Building

Location: Sioux Falls, SD

Address: 1210 W 18th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40.00

Salary Range: $17.00 - $23.50

Department Details

Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is a clinic that offers complete orthopedics and athletic care to all ages and lifestyles. As a Medical Secretary at Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, you will have the opportunity to use your talents to directly impact the patient journey as well as grow your career in Sanford. We are seeking individuals that enjoy a fast-paced environment with opportunities to grow in your career at Sanford.

Job Summary

Responsible for maintaining accurate patient records, coordinating comprehensive patient services, and managing provider schedules. Serves as the primary point of contact for medical staff, patients, caregivers, and external healthcare organizations to ensure efficient communication and continuity of care. Maintain daily clinic, surgical, and call schedules for physicians and APPs in both Outlook and Epic, including managing time off, and scheduling/rescheduling meetings. Coordinate second opinions, impairment ratings, and shadowing experiences for students, including all communication and documentation. Support physicians with travel arrangements and CME conference registrations, including post-event expense reimbursement and CME material ordering. Assist with correspondence, transcription, referrals to tertiary centers, and legal requests such as depositions. Manage insurance denials, appeals, and peer-to-peer scheduling, and complete related documentation. Serve as backup for call schedule maintenance and assist with technical issues related to pagers, computers, and software by coordinating with IT. Handle various administrative tasks such as running reports, maintaining provider memberships, and supporting special projects or provider, nursing, and clerical requests as needed.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Post secondary education or equivalent training in a healthcare or business related field is preferred. One year of applicable experience.

Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.