Per Diem Registration Clerk - Includes Weekend and Holiday Hours - Eastern Long Island Hospital

Per Diem Registration Clerk - Includes Weekend and Holiday Hours - Eastern Long Island Hospital

Position Summary

Performs all necessary patient registration and/or paper processing necessary for the patient to be seen and appropriate reimbursement to be obtained by the hospital. Includes but is not limited to, consents for treatment, authorization for release of information, Federal Medicare messages, etc. Verification of financial data provided by the patient at registration and assigns the appropriate financial classifications, insurance plan codes, and coordination of benefits. Completes a thorough search of database to verify patient’s history before having the system assign a new medical record number. Covers for other staff when they are on break, lunch, etc. Corrects registration deficiencies as they arise. Notifies the financial Counseling staff when patients need to be counseled about financial responsibility. Initiates worksheet and notifies patients of their financial responsibility prior to discharge.

Please Note: This is a Union position

Qualifications

• High School diploma
• Computer and typing experience
• Ability to use a calculator, scanner, copy machine and fax
• Experience in working with numbers
• Knowledge in billing requirements
• Ability to work well with those in a position of authority
• Maintains a work appearance that is neat, clean and professional
• Must be courteous to all, never rude or sarcastic
• Ability to communicate with physicians and their staff in a respectful manner

• Verbal ability needed to communicate with patients and comprehend written instructions
• regarding various registration procedures and forms. Clerical perception needed to avoid errors in completing/updating the computer system and other registration related documents.
• Tactfulness and understanding needed in dealing with patients.

• Good Vision. Good Hearing. Sufficient mobility and dexterity of both arms and hands (or
• mechanical substitutions) to operate a computer keyboard, answer phones, open file drawers. Must be able to communicate orally and in writing with clients or coworkers.

• Stony Brook Medicine is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises.

• All Hospital positions may be subject to changes in pass days and shifts as necessary.

• This position may require the wearing of respiratory protection, which may prohibit the wearing of facial hair.

• This function/position maybe designated as “essential.” This means that when the Hospital is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover, and continue operations at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island and related facilities.

• Complete electronic reference check with a minimum of three (3) professional references.

• Successfully complete a 4 panel drug screen*

• Meet Regulatory Requirements for pre-employment screenings.

• Provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s).

• The Human Resources department will be responsible for any fee incurred for examination.

Company Overview:

As part of Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) combines the best in academic and community medicine, improving access to advanced medical care for residents of the North Fork and Shelter Island. With 70 beds, SBELIH is Suffolk County’s first hospital, serving the North Fork since 1905. SBELIH provides care to 25,000 year-round residents and expanding to 60,000 summer residents with comprehensive healthcare solutions, including behavioral health, medical-surgical, orthopedics and general surgery, wound care, interventional pain management and GI, advanced ambulatory care, diagnostic, and physical therapy services. The hospital is also a clinical campus and training site for Stony Brook Medicine, with its first SBELIH Psychiatry resident having graduated in 2022.

StaffCo is a Professional Employer Organization, commonly referred to as a PEO, duly organized and registered under the New York Professional Employer Organization law. StaffCo and SUNY have entered into a professional employer agreement under which StaffCo is the employer of Stony Brook Eastern Long Island employees and responsible for employment, including the day-to-day direction and supervision of work. StaffCo is fully responsible for providing all Payroll and Human Resource services, including the payment of wages, collecting and reporting payroll taxes and maintaining any and all employee benefits. SUNY Stony Brook Hospital is responsible for the operation of the hospital and provision of health care and is the co-employer as is necessary to conduct its responsibilities and for related licensure, regulatory or statutory requirements and obligations.

Given StaffCo’s employment responsibilities, it is deemed the “employer” for employment and labor law purposes. Thus, the employees are private sector employees of StaffCo, not public sector employees of SUNY. The private sector nature of the StaffCo employees has been approved by NYS Civil Service and upheld in a decision by the US National Labor Relations Board.

Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of inclusive learning, and a working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, consistent with our shared core values and our intent to achieve excellence, remains dedicated to supporting healthier and more resilient communities, both locally and globally.