Front Desk Receptionist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: DOE

Job description:

Uses and Trains on practice management software (Athena Health).
Assisting with patient portal and appointment reminders, mobile applications, and other forms of technology to manage scheduling, interact with patients and providers, and update files and patients records.
Welcomes patients and visitors in person or on the telephone and take detailed messages as needed.
Optimizes patients satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone.
Assist patients in filling out insurance forms and other patient records.
Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying the provider of a patients arrival, reviewing service delivery compared to schedule, and reminding providers of service delays.
Minimizes patients stress by anticipating their anxieties, answering questions, and maintaining a calm and orderly environment in the reception area.
Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records.

Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information.
Obtains revenue by recording and updating financial information, recording and collecting patient charges, monitoring credit extended to patients, and filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims.
Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory levels, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, scheduling equipment service and repairs, and overseeing the delivery of supplies.
Helps patients in distress by responding to emergencies and solving problems.
Collects, sorts, distributes, or prepares mail, messages, or courier deliveries.
Protects patients rights by maintaining confidentiality of medical, personal, and financial information.
Maintains operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes.
Provides directions to the office to new patients, consulting practitioners, and vendors.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

The candidate must possess excellent customer service skills and dependability.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics

Schedule:

• 10am-7pm

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Required)
• Computer skills: 1 year (Required)
• Medical office: 1 year (Required)