QUALIFICATIONS:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Greets patients upon arrival to the department.
- Registers patients upon arrival to the department.
- Distributes reports to ordering and performing physicians.
- Updates policies and procedures every three years.
- Professional Growth
- Performance Improvement
- Fiscal Responsibility
- Communication
- Patients First.
EXPECTED BEHAVIORS:
- Greets and registers each patient upon arrival to the department. Registration process thorough and complete with less than 1 denial rate.
- Distributes reports within 24 hours of exam.
- Updates policies and procedures every three years with a completion rate of 95.
- Seeks educational opportunities to improve knowledge/skill
- Participates in identifying or recommending areas for improvement.
- Completes work in an efficient, timely manner that is conducive to team work and cost containment.
- Communicates in a clear, concise and professional manner.
- Provides care following the Patients First Commitment.
MANDATORY LICENSE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Prefer High school diploma
- Prefer Medical Terminology Mandatory Annual Continuing Education: Customer Service, Fire and Safety, Confidentiality-HIPAA, Infection Control, Corporate Compliance. Annual Unit Specific Competencies, and all education required by regulatory, accreditation bodies and/or Hancock Regional Hospital.
WORK CONDITIONS
PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS:
- 1/4 of work day sitting to perform computer-based tasks including document processing, patient scheduling and charges, spreadsheets, Internet duties and other duties
- 5-hour work day Monday through Friday
- Hearing requirements include but are not limited to hearing and responding to codes, monitors, pagers, phones, equipment alarms or patients calling for assistance, ability to auscultate B/P.
- More than 3/4 of day comprises telephone communication with physicians, patients and other customers
- Reaching overhead and squatting to stock office supplies weighing up to 10 lbs. (examples: reams of paper, boxes of folders)
- Sit to and from, stand at office chair
- Vision requirements include but are not limited to close vision, distant vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. This may include ability to read thermometers, electronic scales, etc.
EQUIPMENT USED: Computers, copy machines, fax.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Standing, sitting, walking for long periods of time.
JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES
- Ability to perform basic computer skills
- Participates in identifying and recommending areas of improvement
- Communicates clearly and in a professional manner
- HIPAA compliant