What are the responsibilities and job description for the Front Desk Medical Receptionist position at University Gastroenterology LLC?
Job description
Job description
Summary of Duties: This position is primarily responsible for greeting and checking in patients in a busy medical office, and supporting providers, staff and administrators by performing the following duties:
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Answers busy, multi-line phone to determine purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel or department.
· Determines need for escalation of certain calls (Priorities), and pages or calls the appropriate person/persons
· Ensures proper insurance referrals are in place in the patient chart at the time of check in, as well as checking patient’s current eligibility on insurance presented
· Accepts copays, payments on account and payments for procedures and provides patient with a receipt for their payment
· Balances their cash and other payment forms collected, as well as petty cash at the end of each shift. Brings to Front desk supervisor for appropriate sign over of cash collections.
· Scans in New patient forms and updates demographics, insurance and other information in the EMR, as directed
· Responsible for maintaining a tidy waiting room area, ensuring that all magazines, pamphlets and publications are straightened, distributed and available for the patients.
· Other receptionist and secretarial duties, as directed.
Job Requirements:
· To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
· At least one year of experience with similar job functions in a healthcare setting, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
· To perform this job successfully, an individual should have previous EHR/EMR experience; Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel and Outlook is preferred.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities
Job Type: Full Time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday-Friday
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Medical Specialty:
- Gastroenterology
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Work Location: In person
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Medical Specialty:
- Gastroenterology
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $21