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Location
Cohoes, NY
Published
8 days ago
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Medical Secretary
This temporary medical secretary role offers the perfect opportunity to build your healthcare administration career while directly supporting New York State's workforce health and compliance operations. You will step into a vital, steady administrative position where your organization and clerical skills will directly ease a high-volume transition to modern electronic records. Best of all, you will receive dedicated, one-on-one training from the very start, ensuring you have all the tools and confidence needed to hit the ground running and succeed.
Who You Will Be Working With
You will be working with the central agency responsible for managing the civil service system, human resources, and workforce health programs for New York State. This specific team handles the critical medical evaluations, pre-employment physicals, and employee health screenings required to keep the state’s public workforce safe and operational. You will join a supportive, collaborative unit of seven staff members who are currently transitioning operations from a traditional paper environment into a modern electronic medical records system.
The Peak Performers Difference
- Qualified applicants with chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities receive priority placement. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage available from the first day of the month following 60 days of employment.
- Our employees may participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan.
- We pay weekly through direct deposit.
- In business since 1994 and thousands of job placements.
Major Duties
- Greet visitors, answer incoming phone calls, take accurate messages, and route callers to the appropriate team members.
- Manage, schedule, and organize patient appointments utilizing electronic filing and scheduling systems.
- Handle incoming mail, route materials, complete internal agency forms, and attach files to corresponding paperwork.
- Utilize office software to manage emails, update spreadsheets, input data, and complete basic word processing tasks.
- Operate and maintain general office equipment such as printers, copiers, and scanners, coordinating repairs when necessary.
- Assist the clerical supervisors with additional administrative tasks and data entry projects during the EMR system transition.
What We Are Looking For
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills paired with excellent time management.
- High attention to detail and the proven ability to handle confidential, sensitive information securely.
- Familiarity with basic medical terminology and standard hospital, clinic, or laboratory administrative procedures.
- Ability to complete the required state agency background verification paperwork upon selection.
Exciting Opportunity Details
- Compensation: $25.00 per hour
- Length of engagement: 6 months with potential renewal up to 1 year
- Days/Hours: Monday – Friday / Full-Time
- Location: Cohoes, NY (Free on-site parking provided)
Applicants for employment with Peak Performers must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in the future.
Peak Performers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Peak Performers does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.
Custom Job ID: 27-NY-PO3036
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