Medical Office Specialist (Clinic Manager)
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Clinic Manager provides day-to-day operational support for the WIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and the Western Autism Clinic of Excellence (WACE). The position works directly with clinic coordinators, faculty supervisors, student clinicians, graduate assistants, clients, patients, families, healthcare providers, schools, and community referral sources to ensure that clinical services operate efficiently and in compliance with applicable requirements. The Clinic Manager independently oversees clinic reception, registration, scheduling, clinical documentation processes, communications, equipment coordination, and other operational functions associated with speech-language, audiology, and WACE services.
WORK LOCATION: Macomb Campus
APPOINTMENT: As soon as possible
HOURLY WAGE: $17.949 - $19.744 (anticipated starting salary $17.949)
Western Illinois University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). These benefits include: Health Insurance plans, (HMO's, OAP's, QCHP, and CDHP), Dental Insurance, Vision Plan, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Long-Term Disability (LTD), Flex Spending Accounts (HAS, MCAP, and DCAP), 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plans and 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans.
Eligible employees are required to participate in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). SURS is the retirement administrator for employees in public higher education in the State of Illinois.
Other benefits available to eligible employees include: paid time-off, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Waiver programs, and discounts to the local YMCA.
For a full list of benefits as a WIU employee, please visit our Benefits Homepage: http://www.wiu.edu/vpas/human_resources/benefits/.
For questions on benefits, or eligibility, contact our benefits team at HR-Benefits@wiu.edu or by calling 309-298-1971.
Requirements:
- Any one or any combination totaling two (2) years (24 months), from the categories below:
A. College education with coursework in a medical or para-medical field such as nursing assistant, medical assistant, or medical secretary and/or business fields such as business, finance, computer science, public administration, or social science, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
*30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
*Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)
*90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
B. Work experience comparable to that performed at the Medical Office Associate level or in other positions of comparable responsibility.
Pre-graduation applicants are welcome to apply. In order to be considered for employment, the degree must be conferred at the time of application, unless applicant is in the final semester of a degree program; if so, the degree must be conferred at the time of appointment. For a degree to be considered, it must be conferred from a regionally accredited degree-granting institution of higher education (or equivalent from an international accrediting body).
