Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, IA, is looking to hire an overnight, full-time Patient Access Representative.
Patient Access Representative – Admitting
Reports to: Patient Access Manager
POSITION SUMMARY:
Provide great customer service with a friendly, helpful disposition for all people entering Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Efficiently and accurately collect demographic and financial information from all patients following appropriate regulatory guidelines. Obtain the appropriate signatures from registered patients and provide them with the required information regarding their rights and responsibilities, financial assistance and other regulated information.
Competitive wage and benefits offered include: paid time off, health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short term and long term disability, retirement program, tuition assistance, funeral leave, jury duty, flex spending, EAP, health and wellness program.
Education:
- Required: High school diploma or GED.
License/Registration/Certification:
- None Required
Experience:
- Customer service experience within an office setting. Preferred: Experience in a medical setting
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Knowledge of office procedures and of spelling, grammar and punctuation
- Skill in typing and data entry with minimal errors
- Ability to to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
- Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
- Ability to operate a personal computer with a general understanding of application software and an understanding of the Internet
- Ability to learn organization-specific software
- Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provides a friendly, welcoming and helpful atmosphere
- Interviews patients to obtain reason for visit, demographic information and insurance information
- Answers incoming calls on the main phone line, appropriately answering caller questions or transferring the call to the proper department
- Completes other clerical duties to process admission paperwork
- Completes scanning functions daily
