What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Administrative Assistant-School Based position at CareSouth Carolina?
Job Description
Responsible for greeting patients, answering the telephone, entering and updating patient demographic information, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, and providing quality customer service to patients. The duties include:
- Processing of patient consent and other forms, as well as insurance verification, to see the patient.
- Participate in the scheduling of dental patients (school based and adult) and prepare necessary paperwork for the visit.
- Entering all patient information into practice management and billing software
- Review encounter forms daily to ensure completeness and the submission of forms to billing submit pre-authorization requests for services.
- Dental billing and coding
- Daily data entry
- Assist the clinical teams administratively at the schools/site/Dental Mobile Unit
- Provide basic clinical assistance such as taking patients vitals.
- Assist with the loading/unloading and set up of dental equipment.
- Participation in community events
- Other duties as needed and assigned.
Education and Experience
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- A minimum of one year of dental office experience is preferred.
- Experience in the use of Dentrix software is preferred.
- Experience completing insurance verification is preferred.
Hours
Monday-Friday, 40 Hours per week.
Location
This position is to work with our school-based dental team(s) in the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Lee, and Marlboro.
CareSouth Carolina is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all. We seek to have a diverse, inclusive workforce and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)
- Medical terminology: 1 year (Preferred)
- Computer skills: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
