Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Physician Office Assistant

Job Locations US-KY-Hazard
Requisition ID
2026-38540
# of Openings
1
Category
Allied Health
Community
HAZARD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
Position Type
Temporary Full-Time
Department
Oncology 6910
Shift
Day Shift

Overview

Responsible for providing key support to Physicians, taking specific direction from supervisors on required tasks to best assist them in their critical role providing the highest level of Physician quality care for all patients.

Special Instructions

This is a temporary till employee comes back from FMLA

Responsibilities

• Helps establish and implement cost effective, results based, and professionally managed programs and innovative initiatives for the Clinic under direct supervision.

• Contributes to less complex components of projects, programs, or processes for the Clinic.

• Performs simple trend analysis to support continuous improvement efforts for the organization's Clinic strategy.

• Performs administrative as well as clinical tasks, including maintaining patient records, preparing patients and rooms for examination, assisting physicians with exams, and administering injections to ensure patients' welfare and concerns are the highest priority.

• Coaches more junior colleagues in techniques, processes, and responsibilities.

• Understands and applies the organization's mission, vision, and core values of improving health and promoting well-being in day-to-day interactions with the team.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma required.

Experience

• Up to one (1) year of experience preferred.

Required Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Basic awareness of problem solving and decision making skills.

• Basic awareness of digital literacy skills.

• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.

• Ability to deal tactfully with customers and the community.

• Ability to handle sensitive information ethically and responsibly.

• Ability to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Ability to function in a clinical setting with diverse cultural dynamics of clinical staff and patients.

Licenses & Certifications

• Medical Assistant certification from an accredited program required.

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