What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Representative position at Orthopaedic Associates?
As an Orthopaedic Associates Patient Care Representative, your responsibilities include answering phone calls, scheduling, rescheduling and canceling patient appointments. Completing tasks such as scheduling in house MRI's, DME appointments, transferring calls to the correct departments and sorting faxes. As a Patient Care Representative, you are the first point of contact with potential patients and work as their own person scheduling agent. Calls are answered one at a time through a multi-functional switchboard called Webex. We use scheduling software Athena, Nextgen and Phoenix.
Patient Care Representative Requirements:
- Have a positive and upbeat attitude at all times
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office to include Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Word
- Ability to work effectively with customers and your coworkers while handling multiple tasks simultaneously
- Multitasking
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment
- Ability and desire to learn new things and improve processes
- Ability to listen and understand patient and provider concerns
- Self and situational awareness
Qualification
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1 year of relevant experience scheduling in a medical office environment
- Thorough understanding of medical office workflows
- 1 year of experience working with EHR
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
- Clinic
- Medical office
Medical specialties:
- Orthopedics
- Radiology
Work Location: In person
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday 8-5 pm
