What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intake Coordinator position at Shriners Children's?
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opening for Intake Coordinator to join our team in our Shreveport, Louisiana location.
Job Overview
The Intake Coordinator position is primarily responsible for processing and tracking new patient referrals, schedules and monitors new patient internal referrals, clinic appointments and changes, and communicates with families and Shrine Centers regarding status. Triages patient/provider referrals by assessing urgency. Checks in/out patients during clinic. The Intake Coordinator is also responsible for rescheduling patients assigned and calling no shows and monitoring order queue for assigned providers.
Responsibilities
- Processes new patient referrals. Triages referrals by assessing need for urgent care.
- Communicates with patients families via phone and written notification regarding appointments, denials, requests for additional information
- Communicates appointment date and time of scheduled visit to the patient's family
Qualifications
Education
High School diploma required
Experience
2 years administrative experience in a pediatric medical setting preferred
