Medical Practice Patient Rep (TEMP)-FlexStaff

Req Number 186188

Location: Danbury, CT

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm for per diem coverages as needed

Provides advanced level clerical and administrative support and coordinates the patient care activities for physician practice operations.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and schedules appointments and obtains authorizations for testing, referrals, surgical procedures, hospital procedures, hospital admissions.

• Reconciles money and financial reports for daily office deposit.

• Expected to be cross-trained and provide back-up for check in/out staff.

• Coordinates and maintains physician schedules including, but not limited to, meetings, teaching, inpatient rounding.

• Maintains and orders office supplies for efficiency of operation while ensuring budgetary controls.

• Participates in the reengineering of workflows and process improvements throughout the practice to meet the requirements of programs such as Patient Centered Medical Home and Meaningful Use.

• Completes audits and assists with tracking and reporting of information as needed.

• Acts as a super user for telephone and/or scheduling systems.

• Presents a professional appearance and imagine.

• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

• Composes confidential correspondence, reports, memoranda, and related documents.

• Schedules appointments and meetings. Makes necessary arrangements for meetings. Takes meeting minutes, as required.

• Performs various receptionist and registration duties.

• Compiles and analyzes basic information and prepares statistical data for reporting purposes.

• Prepares presentation materials. Creates charts, graphs, tables, graphics, etc.

• Maintains department supply and equipment inventory.

• Performs research for special projects, as assigned.

• Performs related duties, as required.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.

• 0-1 year administrative experience, required.

• 1 year customer related experience required

• Preferred: 1+ years of healthcare experience

• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), required.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and employ basic reasoning skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively.

*Additional Salary DetailThe salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $20.00-$25.00/hour

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