Receptionist - Des Plaines

Receptionist - Des PlainesSalary Range $16.32 - $19.84 HourlyThe receptionist serves as the first point of contact for patients and visitors, providing a warm and professional welcome to the Health Center. This includes patient check-in and registration, accurate creation and maintenance of medical records, and efficient scheduling of appointments to support smooth clinic operations.Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Welcome patients and determine their needs and respond accordingly.Perform all preparation for next day, same day, and walk-in appointments.Provide all necessary paperwork for patients and reviews for completeness.Enter patient information in the EHR completely and accurately.Finalize visits through precise payment processing and charge verification.Schedule appointments for patients.Follows all Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) policies and procedures.Report to all scheduled work sites and shifts on time and fully prepared to engage in all job responsibilities; location of work sites and shifts will change at the discretion of the supervisor.Engage in all offered training, consultations, and supervisions made available. Fully and professionally respond to and implement directives and advice offered by all supervisory and training personnel, as well as professionally offered feedback from coworkers.Perform other duties as assigned.Supervisory responsibilities: NoneQualificationsTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.Education and/or experience: High School graduate, G.E.D., or comparable diploma is required. Prior work experience is preferred, but not required. Familiarity working with computers.Language skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports and procedure/training manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients/patients, customers, and general public.Mathematical skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.Reasoning ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.Other qualifications: Customer service orientation. Bi-Lingual (Spanish) preferred. Must be able to respond to patients with non-judgmental empathy. Must be able to maintain confidentiality of services. Must have strong numbers aptitude.Physical demands: While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste and smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. Additionally, the employee is occasionally required to work in and/or travel to various communities of different social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.