A Medical Receptionist, or Medical Front Desk Clerk, is responsible for interacting with guests in a healthcare setting and managing administrative tasks for the medical team. Their duties include scheduling patient appointments according to Doctor availability, explaining intake forms to new patients and processing payments after treatment.
Medical Receptionist duties and responsibilities
As client-facing professionals, Medical Receptionists play a key role in representing a practice within the community. Duties and responsibilities for this role typically include:
Job Description
Medical Receptionist Job * Serves patients by greeting and helping them, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records and accounts. * Welcomes patients and visitors in person or on the telephone, and answering or referring inquiries. * Optimizes patients’ satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone. * Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying provider of patient’s arrival, reviewing service delivery compared to schedule, and reminding providers of service delays. * Comforts patients by anticipating patients’ anxieties, answering patients’ questions, and maintaining the reception area. * Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records. * Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information. * Obtains revenue by recording and updating financial information, recording and collecting patient charges, controlling credit extended to patients, and filing, collecting, and expediting third-party claims. * Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and scheduling equipment service and repairs. * Helps patients in distress by responding to emergencies. * Protects patients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality of medical, personal, and financial information. * Maintains operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes. * Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Medical Receptionist Qualifications / Skills: * Multi-tasking * Flexibility * Telephone skills * Customer service * Time management * Organization * Attention to detail * Scheduling * Word processing * Professionalism * Quality focus Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements: * Familiarity with phone systems * Previous experience with Microsoft Office software preferred *
Previous experience in a medical office setting
PERSONAL INJURY PREFERENCE PREFFERED !!!
Sun City
Monday & Wednesday 9 am – 7 pm
Friday 9 am – 2 pm
Brandon
Tuesday & Thursday 9 am – 6/7 pm
$16 hourly
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 per hour
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Work Location: One location
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