Medical Office Receptionist - Verde Valley Medical Center & Clinics

The Medical Office Receptionist undertakes a variety of day-to-day office and clerical tasks to ensure that office operations run smoothly and are successful in supporting other business activities. The Medical Office Receptionist obtains insurance information, collects payments, works with the scheduling system, and acts as an interdepartmental staff liaison between staff, providers, and customers to ensure professional service and promote customer relations. The Medical Office Receptionist is able to function with minimal supervision, demonstrates appropriate decision-making skills within established guidelines, maintains strict confidentiality, and utilizes discretion at all times. This position's work location is on-site only.

Available Departments:

• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• EntireCare Outpatient
• Sedona
• VOCRadiation Oncology Sedona
• EntireCare Camp Verde
• Neurology Cottonwood
• Cardiology Practice Cottonwood
• Endocrinology Cottonwood
• General Surgeon Physician
• Family Practice Cottonwood
• Orthopedic Physician
• Family Practice Sedona
• Family Practice Camp Verde
• Family Practice VOC
• Infectious Disease Physician
• Urology Physician
• Sleep Clinic Cottonwood
• Occupational Medicine Clinic
• OB Clinic
• Breast Cancer Clinic
• Medical Oncology Clinic
• Continuity Clinic
• Immediate Care Camp Verde

Benefits include:

• Free health insurance for employees
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Free Bus Pass
• Wellness Program, including wellness coaches
• HSA and FSA accounts available
• Pharmacy Discounts for employees
• Employer Self-Funded Short Term Disability Program/Salary Continuation (no employee contributions)
• Volunteer Time Off Program (Get Involved)
• Employee Discounts Program for various local and national organizations
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Recognitions and Celebrations
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Assistance Program

Responsibilities:

• Administrative: Answers multi-line telephones, operates and troubleshoots photocopiers, uses a variety of office equipment, and operates computer ordering systems (including utilization or audit of time edit functions). Secures, sorts, opens, and distributes forms, mail, communications, office supplies, and office equipment. Provides backup coverage for other support staff, ensuring completion of assignments. Prioritises and completes special projects as assigned. Coordinates and maintains efficient office operations. Maintains scheduling system so records are accurate and complete and can be used to analyse patient/staffing patterns. Maintains reports involving patient scheduling (e.g., Tele Vox). Trains and/or orients appropriate office staff on front office responsibilities. Inventories and reorders necessary equipment/supplies, maintains inventory of necessary floor stock items (varies by location).
• Patient Experience: Anticipates and promptly responds to customer needs. Actively listens to the people we serve and co-workers. Responds promptly, reliably, and in an understandable manner. Provides prompt and courteous service and communicates when service is delayed. Prevents, calms, or diffuses irate callers and patients by working with them to identify concerns and properly direct calls or solutions.
• Finance and Insurance Authorization: Checks patient insurance eligibility, updates demographics. Processes varied types of payments from patients including but not limited to co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance. Performs end-of-day reconciliation and corrects billing errors using programs including BOS. Gathers and processes patient forms necessary to gain authorisation for department visits, tests, labs, and procedures (varies by location). Knowledge of legal and ethical considerations related to patient information. Ensures appropriate consent for care and authorisation to obtain or release information are obtained.
• Communication: Prepares and distributes departmental communications to internal staff as directed. Develops and maintains distribution lists for various communications. Maintains rapport with customers, managers, and employees; sets priorities to maintain workflow. Uses appropriate medical terminology and organisation services. Communicates with providers and their staff about any patient concerns/issues related to scheduling. Consults with clinic leadership about any system problems. Maintains continuity of work and operations by documenting and communicating needed actions to management, discovering irregularities, and determining continuing needs.
• Compliance/Safety: Responsible for reporting any safety-related incidents in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work safely. Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employees' area of responsibility. If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates. Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.

Qualifications:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED - Required; Associate's Degree - Preferred
• Certification & Licensures: Fingerprint Clearance Card application number - Required upon hire; Fingerprint Clearance Card - Required within 90 days from hire
• Experience: Minimum two years in medical or comparable field - Preferred; Minimum two years of customer service experience - Preferred; Previous experience with Dimensions, Lawson, Halogen, Midas, Microsoft Office Suite - Preferred