What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Coordinator position at Per Diem Staffing Systems, Inc.?
Patient Care Coordinator
Must have 3 years of recent work experience as a Medical Assistant. Must be certified or registered Medical Assistant. Contract is 13 weeks. 40 hours a week. M-F, 8a-4:30pm. Must have a current BLS.
Hospital pays on experience. This contract pays up to $41/hr.
What you will do:
Patient Care:
Per Diem Staffing Systems is one of California's leading healthcare staffing agencies. With over 30 years of experience, we have continuously succeeded in helping healthcare professionals find a temporary or permanent placement in some of California's finest hospital facilities.
Hospital looking for a Patient Care Coordinator for a 13-week contract.
Must have 3 years of recent work experience as a Medical Assistant. Must be certified or registered Medical Assistant. Contract is 13 weeks. 40 hours a week. M-F, 8a-4:30pm. Must have a current BLS.
Hospital pays on experience. This contract pays up to $41/hr.
What you will do:
Patient Care:
- Prepares the necessary information (i.e. lab and procedural results), equipment and supplies for exam.
- Assists physicians with procedure set-ups, patient procedures and examinations.
- Performs patient care, including vital signs, weights, rooming, assisting with procedures, medication administration (vaccinations) and injections and other necessary tests.
- Administers medication following approved procedures and only after checking medication and dose with a licensed person.
- Processes requests for prescription refills according to established practice.
- As required, performs waived testing (urine dipstick, urine pregnancy test, blood glucose testing), perform EKGs, administer immunizations.
- Collects and sends specimens to appropriate labs for testing per protocol.
- Assists the physician with maintaining preventive health measures for a panel of patients.
- Promptly and accurately reports and refers patient’s concerns and symptoms, reactions, changes (appropriate to age) to licensed clinic personnel.
- Schedules and edits and maintains patient physician appointments for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.
- Schedule radiology appointments.
- Maintains clean and orderly exam rooms, hallways and work areas.
- Effectively responds to inquiries from patients, their relatives and/or referring physicians on services and provides accurate information in a timely fashion.
- Provides information, referrals and customer service
- Acts as a patient advocate, coordinator and liaison in dealing with the community.
- Acts as non-clinical liaison/concierge/navigator for the referred patients in any way the patient needs before, during or after an encounter with the medical facility.
- Informs patient’s authorization and collects payment for new and returning patients, using the scheduling system.
- Collects patient demographic and insurance data and enters into systems as well as assigns medical record numbers
- Assures appropriate verifications and authorizations are complete before patient sees provider
- Assists with all messaging from the patient to the physician in a timely manner.
Per Diem Staffing Systems is one of California's leading healthcare staffing agencies. With over 30 years of experience, we have continuously succeeded in helping healthcare professionals find a temporary or permanent placement in some of California's finest hospital facilities.
We specialize in Travel Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, and other healthcare positions. Please text PERDIEM to 85100 or call our toll-free number at 1-800-659-8233.
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