Clinic/Practice Assistant, Orthopedics

Site: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

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Job Summary
Location: 67 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth, NH

Schedule: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Make an Impact in Orthopedics

Join our Orthopedics team as a Clinic/Practice Assistant and help create a welcoming, organized, and efficient experience for every patient. In this non-clinical, patient-facing role, you will support daily practice operations through scheduling, registration, communication, records management, and other essential administrative functions. If you are organized, service-minded, and ready to build your healthcare career with a collaborative team, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference every day.

What You’ll Do
• Welcome and assist patients while supporting an efficient flow through the practice.
• Schedule patient appointments and maintain accurate appointment records and daily schedules.
• Manage incoming calls, answer routine questions, take complete messages, and connect callers with the appropriate resources.
• Support patient check-in and check-out activities and verify registration information for accuracy.
• Handle messages and documentation related to referrals and prior authorizations.
• Prepare, scan, file, and retrieve documents in patient records, including medical records and laboratory results.
• Process patient billing forms and, when required, accept co-payments.
• Open and distribute mail and faxes and prepare forms, records, schedules, memos, and other materials as directed.
• Monitor the waiting room, respond to patient information needs, and help maintain smooth day-to-day practice operations.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Up to one year of healthcare office experience required.
- Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of standard office procedures, including filing, copying, scanning, printing, and faxing.
- Confidence using multi-line phone systems, managing routine and non-routine calls, and resolving routine issues appropriately.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to compose emails, memos, and letters and take accurate messages.
- Strong organization and time-management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities, follow established protocols, and work effectively within defined systems.

Patient care: This position does not provide direct patient care.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Why Join Mass General Brigham?

Our employees are our most important resource. We offer a comprehensive, contemporary, and highly competitive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- A robust retirement savings program
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition assistance and professional development support
- Additional employee perks

Ready to make a difference? Join a supportive team where your work helps create an exceptional experience for patients every day. Come be part of the world’s most powerful force in medicine—where every role matters in changing lives.

Remote Type
Onsite

Work Location
67 Corporate Drive

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Employee Type
Regular

Work Shift
Day (United States of America)

Pay Range
$17.71 - $23.20/Hourly

Grade
2
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EEO Statement:
1810 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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