SM-MED RECEPTIONIST Job at Southern Illinois Healthcare

Southern Illinois Healthcare West Frankfort, IL 62896

The medical receptionist will promptly greet and assist patients, families, and other guests in a professional, positive, and caring manner through in-person, online, and telephone interactions.

Responsibilities

Role Specific Responsibilities

  • Understand emergency office procedures and individual roles, and actively participate in training drills when required.
  • Assist patients to complete appropriate medical insurance, or legal forms and documentation as needed.
  • Release approved medical records according to established procedures
  • Compassionately listen to patient concerns, and provide satisfactory resolution independently, or with team support.
  • Contribute to improvements in patient care by self-reflecting on individual and team processes, and offering constructive input into the problem-solving cycle.
  • Promptly greet all patients, families, internal customers, and other visitors in a caring, professional, and helpful manner.
  • Accurately and efficiently schedule patient appointments; process cancellations and re-schedule requests per practice standards. Verify appointments as needed.
  • Accurately, promptly, and professionally check-in or register patients prior to their appointment.
  • Provide clear instruction concerning follow-up care, as instructed by provider, at the completion of patient visits.
  • Verify patient insurance, collect payments and provide receipts. Accurately post same payments to patient accounts and reconcile a daily deposit.
  • Answer incoming phone calls promptly and courteously, and ensure that questions are resolved quickly.
  • Maintain reception desk, lobby, patient restroom, and/or waiting room areas in a welcoming and organized condition.
  • Assist in opening or closing the clinic per practice standards, as required by scheduled working hours.
  • Complete and document in-basket and work queue tasks according to EMR and practice protocols.
  • Receive and distribute incoming mail and faxes per practice protocols.
  • Encourage and activate patient use of patient portal.

Qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • Associates degree preferred
  • Technical Experience: General typing and computer skills required.
Customer service and medical office with electronic medical record experience preferred.

  • COVID Vaccination

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