Clinic Office Specialist - FT - Days - Neurology Medpoint - 13965

Clinic Office Specialist - FT
- Days
- Neurology Medpoint

DHR Health - US:

TX:

Mc Allen
- 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.

Position Education/

Qualifications:

• High School/GED preferred
• Medical Office Specialist certification preferred
• Excellent customer service skills
• Computer skills required with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Good written and verbal communication skills required
• Bilingual – English/Spanish required

Job Knowledge/

Experience:

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

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
• Registering patients ensuring to get correct personal and insurance information and entering that into the practice management system
• 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
• Taking appropriate and understandable messages for staff and providers from callers who leave messages
• Checking-in patients and properly documenting registration
• Insurance verification and verification of patient demographics
• Authorizing procedures 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
• Cash balancing and deposit log reconciliation and maintenance
• Entering charges, payments, and balancing the day in the computer
• Preparing charge sheets for billing vendor in the appropriate format including all necessary paperwork
• Other duties as assigned
• May require occasional traveling

Lines of Responsibilities:

• 1. Office Manager
• 2. Director DHR Health Clinics
• 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…