Medical Office Front Desk Receptionist (Remote)

At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team! LifeStance Health Values Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self. Benefits As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program. Job Summary: The Practice Coordinator is responsible for managing the front office daily activities for their practice location, ensuring quality customer service to in-person and remote patients and clinicians. Compensation: $20.25 - $21.25/hour, plus quarterly bonus/incentive potential Location: 53 Baxter Blvd, Suite 3 Portland, ME 04101 Duties/Responsibilities: be a culture carrier and support in-office clinician and staff engagement activities to promote LFST culture, engagement, and connection. General office duties, cleanliness, and appeal, such as sorting office mail, scanning documents, e-faxes, shared office email and office upkeep, to ensure the practice is running smoothly and prepared for patients and clinicians. Communicate with peers, clinicians, and patients in ways that support patient care and clinician satisfaction. Patient Support: Provide exceptional customer service, responding quickly and appropriately to patient needs, and being prepared to manage potentially difficult or sensitive situations by following Crisis and De-escalation Processes. Manage front desk responsibilities including greeting and checking patients in/out in a courteous manner. Provide support to patients with requests via phone, email, and/or portal with payment/billing related questions, scheduling needs, release requests, miscellaneous inquires, etc. Manage queues within the phone system, ensuring calls are answered timely to ensure excellent customer service. Assist patients with telehealth access, Patient Portal issues, and other troubleshooting as needed. Handle any urgent requests; direct to correct departments or escalate for assistance. Collect all in-person and telehealth co-payments and account balances at the time of service. Clinician Support: Provide general clinician support - assist clinicians with administrative questions and/or duties such as sending letters, faxes, etc. Support clinician schedules by auditing for appointment accuracy. Ability to multitask and prioritize duties to support delivery of high-quality patient experience. Proficient in using Computer Software Applications (Microsoft Office & EMRs) Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential Information (HIPAA) Education and Experience: High School or equivalent required, associates/bachelor’s degree, preferred. 1+ years of experience in healthcare operations, customer service, or similar role or setting preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. LifeStance reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law. We celebrate diversity and are fully committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our employees. Learn more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at LifeStance. LifeStance Health complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Human Resources Team at View email address on click.appcast.io regarding applications, resumes and applicant status should not be sent to this email address as they will not be reviewed or responded to. At LifeStance Health, we know that mental health care jobs are more than careers, they are missions. When people choose careers in mental health, they do it because they care about their impact on the world. That’s why we’re assembling the very best team for both telehealth and in-person care. Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Get Started below or create an account by clicking 'Sign In' at the top of the page to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!