Scenario:

You are working at XYZ Family Practice.Your current medical office supervisor has submitted their two weeks' notice and will be leaving the practice. You need a medical office supervisor, and you will be participating in the interview process.

Using the job description template, complete the following sections:

Ensure you respond to all of the areas in the job description template thoroughly.

a.Duties & responsibilities: Identify possible six duties and responsibilities of a medical office supervisor. Be specific and detailed in your response.

b.Qualifications: Identify at least three skills and three characteristics that you feel are the most important ones to become a medical office supervisor. Be creative and include education years of experience or specialized knowledge.

c.Justification: Justify why you selected the 3 skills and 3 characteristics and how those skills benefit a supervisor's roles in a medical office.

TEMPLATE

Job title

The formal title of the position

Reports to

Director of Operations

Job Description

XYZ Family Practice is seeking a professional Medical Office Supervisor to join our team. In the role, the Medical Office Supervisor you will work under the direction of the Director of Operations in providing management and leadership to our administrative team.

• The selected candidate will be responsible for managing a team of 20 employees. If you have experience working in an administrative role at a healthcare practice, we want to hear from you.

Duties and responsibilities

List the primary job duties and responsibilities using headings and then give examples of the types of activities under each heading. Using headings and giving examples of the types of activities to be done allows you to develop a flexible job description that encourages employee to 'work outside the box' and within reason, discourages "that's not my job".

• Identify between three and eight primary duties and responsibilities for the position
• List the primary duties and responsibilities in order of importance
• Begin each statement with an action verb
• Use the present tense of verbs
• Use gender neutral language such as s/he
• Where appropriate use qualifiers to clarify the task - where, when, why or how often - for example instead of "greet visitor to the office" use "greet visitors to the office in a professional and friendly manner"

Qualifications

State the minimum qualifications required to successfully perform the job. These are the qualifications that are necessary for someone to be considered for the position.

Qualifications include:

• Education
• Specialized knowledge
• Skills
• Abilities
• Other characteristics such as personal characteristics
• Professional Certification
• Experience

Justification