Clinic Office Specialist Oncology Nursing

Clinic Office Specialist - FT
- Days
- Oncology Nursing - 18758

US:

TX:

Edinburg | ONCOLOGY | Full Time

Posted a month ago

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.

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.

• High School/GED, preferred

Bilingual – English/Spanish, required

• Minimum of two (2) years receptionist experience required
• Previous experience in a busy medical office setting is preferred
• Medical terminology experience/education, preferred.
• Billing and insurance verification knowledge preferred
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Computer skills required with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Good written and verbal communication skills required
• Previous experience in a teaching facility preferred
• Ability to use and learn EMR and practice management software

• Working front desk, greet patients and visitors; be courteous, polite and helpful to the public, patients and clients at all times when representing the practice, providing excellent customer service
• Greet patients to the practice in a warm and friendly manner
• Respect and maintain privacy and dignity of patients; assure confidentiality at all times
• Working at the reception desk, checking patients both in and out of the practice as needed, and properly documenting registration
• Register patient with proper insurance information
• Ability to answer and direct all phone calls appropriately received in a busy office practice maintaining the customer service skills as set forth by Renaissance Medical Foundation
• Ability to take accurate and understandable messages and route them to the appropriate party as necessary
• Make appointments for new and established patients
• Note cancelled and rescheduled appointments through prescribed protocols set up by the office
• File faxed/scanned information in charts for review by provider, if needed
• Proficient use of Lobby software (process improvement tool) for patient throughput and patient satisfaction
• Communicating with patients, team members and providers
• Scheduling, canceling, and rescheduling patient appointments and reporting data
• Running reports as needed
• Reminding patients of upcoming appointments and tracking missed appointments
• Forwarding telephone calls appropriately and following up on return calls
• Insurance verification, authorization and verification of patient demographics for entry into computer system
• Retrieving and filing of medical records and delivering to appropriate providers as needed
• Other copying, filing, scanning and faxing duties
• Collecting co-pays and cash from patients, getting authorization on credit cards
• Entering charges, payments, and daily balancing, as needed
• Prepare and scan packets needed for billing company as needed
• Submitting orders for clearances
• End of month closing
• Other duties as assigned

(Chain-of-command)

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.

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.

A.
Essential Duties
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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

Yes

Straight pulling

Yes

Yes

Pulling hand over hand

Yes

Pushing

Yes

Repeated bending

Yes

Yes

Reaching above shoulder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Climbing Ladders

No

Dual simultaneous grasping

Yes

Depth Perceptions needed

Yes

Ability to see

Yes

Yes

Operating office equipment

Yes

Twisting

Yes

Operating mechanical equipment

Yes

No

Ability to read and write

Yes

Ability to Count

Yes

Ability to hear verbal…