--- title: Medical Office Assistant II PRN at MedStar Health description: MedStar Health is hiring for the Medical Office Assistant II PRN role in Washington, DC. Per-diem role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/medical-office-assistant-ii-prn-at-medstar-health-01a17d80-6fc1-7868-aacc-5e1851af8d38 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join MedStar Health as Medical Office Assistant II PRN in Washington, DC. Pays $22.22–$33.79 per hour. Per-diem role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ohohhj.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Washington, DC | | **Salary** | $22.22/hr - $33.79/hr | | **Type** | Per Diem | | **Posted** | Oct 26, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for MedStar Health. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for MedStar Health. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $56,000 – $64,000 a year (median $60,000). ## Description **About the Job** **Department: Family Medicine** **Status: Per Diem (PRN) - Benefits and PTO are not offered** **Availability Needed: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-6:00pm** **General Summary of Position** Provides a variety of moderately complex medical office support/clerical/secretarial functions for one or more medical professional or research staff. **Primary Duties and Responsibilities** - Receives and screens telephone callers and visitors to the office. Responds to a variety of inquires referring the inquiries of a technical nature to an appropriate staff member. Takes and forwards messages. - Schedules patients' appointments and assists in the scheduling of the patients' appointments with other medical offices. Coordinates physician(s)' calendar including patient appointments surgeries meetings etc. - Transcribes dictation including patient narrative and/or discharge summaries general correspondence and memoranda. Types letters requisitions reports etc. from handwritten copy and/or notes. - Answers requests for new prescriptions and refills; submits requests to physician for authorization. Calls in prescriptions to pharmacy. - Completes preliminary registration for new patients and updates information on existing patients (inpatients and/or outpatients); obtains necessary recertification/verification/ referrals signatures copies of insurance cards etc. May coordinate pre-admission testing. - Enters physician charges into billing system ensuring appropriate insurance coverage and providing Patient Billing Services with appropriate referrals authorizations and operative reports. May review ICD-10 codes; works with medical personnel to reconcile errors and inconsistencies. Responds to billing related inquires from patients and/or Patient Billing Services. Accepts co-payments; may deposit payments or forward them to appropriate personnel. - Establishes and maintains a variety of files records logs charts etc. including departmental files. Retrieves files records charts and/or the information therein as necessary. - Receives opens and date stamps incoming mail. Reviews sorts and/or directs mail to the appropriate person in accordance with departmental policy. - May prepare exam room(s) between patients based on procedure and may assist physician in exam/procedure. - Maintains office supplies and may assist in maintaining medical supply inventory for the department. - May compile information for procedure and on-call schedules. Posts and distributes schedules to appropriate personnel revising schedules as necessary. **Minimal Qualifications** **Education** - High School Diploma or GED required - May require up to l year of technical or other specialized training; and depending on assigned department training in secretarial/medical office support (e.g.: word processing medical terminology medical insurance/billing etc.). **Experience** - 1 to 3 years experience as a secretary preferably in a doctor's office or medical environment required **Knowledge Skills and Abilities** - Requires the ability to read and write; and knowledge of grammar and arithmetic including fractions and decimals. - May require the use of standard office/medical equipment (i.e. typewriter personal computer data terminal on-line printer calculator telephone facsimile copier sterilizing equipment blood pressure cuff or tables); the preparation comparison or checking of reports records and related data; and basic use of formulas charts tables drawings and knowledge of their application. **This position has a hiring range of** USD $22.22 - USD $33.79 /Hr. ## Skills - Calendar Management - Personal Computers - Medical Billing - Clerical Skills - Doctor - Algorithms - Blood Pressure - Arithmetic - Billing - Purchase Requisitioning - Medical Furniture - Icd-10 Coding - Secretarial Skills - On-Call Coverage - Communication - Discharge Summaries - Medical Office Administration ## Benefits - Health Insurance ## Related - [More jobs at MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Healthcare & Medicine jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Patient Care Technician jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine/patient-care-technicians?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Medical Assistant jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/healthcare-and-medicine/patient-care-technicians/medical-assistant?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385445 jobs - [District of Columbia](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/district-of-columbia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 19618 jobs - [Washington, DC](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/district-of-columbia/washington?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 17043 jobs - [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1154 jobs ## Related pages - [Hospitals and Health Care](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/hospitals-and-health-care?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 385445 jobs - [District of Columbia](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/district-of-columbia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 19618 jobs - [Washington, DC](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/district-of-columbia/washington?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 17043 jobs - [MedStar Health](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/medstar-health?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1154 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)