Clinic Office Specialist - FT - Days - DHR Gastro Institute (Travel Required)

Clinic Office Specialist - FT - Days - DHR Gastro Institute

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

Position Summary:

The Clinic Office Specialist is a key member of the Physician Practice and provides clinical/administrative expertise to ensure all patients receive high quality, efficient care.

Position Education/Qualifications:

• High School/GED preferred
• Position requires travel, valid driver's license and vehicle insurance are required
• MOS certificate preferred or 2 yrs. Experience in a busy office practice in a front desk role
• Excellent customer service skills
• Computer skills required with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Good written and verbal communication skills required
• Bilingual – English/Spanish

Job Knowledge/Experience:

• Minimum of two (2) years receptionist experience preferred in the medical industry or MD office setting
• Previous experience in a high traffic medical office setting is preferred

Responsibilities:

Position Responsibilities:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices
• Working the reception desk, greeting and communicating with patients and providers
• Working in the call group area as needed
• Scheduling, canceling, and rescheduling patient appointments
• Reminding patients of upcoming appointments and tracking missed appointments, no show and cancellations
• Answering multiple telephones and accurately documenting messages
• Forwarding telephone calls appropriately and following up on return calls
• Checking-in patients and properly documenting registration
• Insurance verification and verification of patient demographics
• Authorizing procedures, visits or surgeries, as needed
• Filing or retrieving medical records and delivering to appropriate providers or departments as needed
• Filing patient and administrative files
• Copying, scanning and faxing duties
• Collecting co-pays and cash from patients, getting authorization on credit cards
• Entering charges, payments, and balancing the day in the computer
• Other duties as assigned

Lines Of Responsibility:

1. Practice Manager → 2. Practice Administrator → 3. Chief Ambulatory Officer

Customer Service:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Age Specific:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

• Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. - Yes - Kneeling - Yes
• Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs. - Yes - Walking - Yes
• Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs. - Yes - Standing/Squatting - Yes
• Straight pulling - Yes - Sitting - Yes
• Pulling hand over hand - Yes - Pushing - Yes
• Repeated bending - Yes - Stooping/Bending - Yes
• Reaching above shoulder - Yes - Climbing Stairs - Yes
• Simple grasping - Yes - Climbing Ladders - No
• Dual simultaneous grasping - Yes - Depth Perceptions needed - Yes
• Ability to see - Yes - Identify Colors - Yes
• Operating office equipment - Yes - Twisting - Yes
• Operating mechanical equipment - Yes - Crawling - No
• Ability to read and write - Yes - Ability to Count - Yes
• Ability to hear verbal communication without aid - Yes - Operating Personal Vehicle - Yes
• Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication - Yes - Other: Ability to deal with stress - Yes
• OSHA Category - III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

• Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3
• Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2
• Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2
• Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3
• Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2
• Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3
• Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3
• Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

Transfer/Hire Date Effective: ________________________.