Temporary - Accounts Receivable Specialist

Greater Family Health is a multi-site federally qualified health center providing comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral health services within the Chicagoland area. Our mission is to provide quality, affordable health care for all including those without the ability to pay. We currently have health centers in DeKalb, Des Plaines, Elgin, Franklin Park, Hanover Park, McHenry, Palatine, Streamwood, Sycamore, and Wheeling. We are financially and programmatically stable and are continuing to grow. We are Joint Commission Accredited and are PCMH Certified. For more information, I encourage to visit our website, http://www.greaterfamilyhealth.org

Your Goal:

This position is responsible for the accounts receivable operations and support of the financial operations of Greater Family Health.

How You'll Help:

• Enter all third-party insurance payments according to Greater Family Health policies and procedures.
• Successfully processes daily cash deposits according to Greater Family Health policies and procedures.
• Maintain and prepare financial items needed for audits and/or required reports.
• Make recommendations to improve Greater Family Health's financial systems.
• Provide successful stewardship of Greater Family Health's assets.
• Report to all scheduled work sites and shifts on time and fully prepared to engage in all job responsibilities; location of work sites and shifts will change at the discretion of the supervisor.• Engages in all offered training, consultations and supervisions made available. Fully and professionally respond to and implement directives and advice offered by all supervisory and training personnel, as well as professionally offered feedback from coworkers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School graduate/G.E.D. required.

Previous experience with accounts receivable preferred.

Excellent writing skills and communication skills.

Working knowledge of PC-based and automated accounting systems and electronic spreadsheets.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to write business correspondence and procedure/training manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients/patients, customers and general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Customer service orientation.

Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.

Must have strong numbers aptitude.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste and smell. The employee many occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Also, the employee may be required to utilize non-violent crisis intervention techniques with a patient who appears to be endangering themselves or others around them.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. Additionally, the employee is occasionally required to work in and/or travel to various communities of different social, economic and ethnic backgrounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.