Transplant Assistant - Heart Transplant - Outpatient Pavilion - Day - Full Time
- Outpatient Pavilion
- Day
- Regular
Hours:
Shift Start Time:
VariableShift End Time:
VariableAWS Hours Requirement:
8/40 - 8 Hour ShiftAdditional Shift Information:
Core hours are 8am - 4:30pm. Hours may shift based on needs.Weekend Requirements:
No WeekendsOn-Call Required:
NoHourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):
$26.130 - $32.670 - $36.590The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.
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What You Will Do
Provide administrative, clerical, and receptionist services for the department.
Required Qualifications
- Prior administrative / clerical experience in an outpatient healthcare setting, including insurance verification and authorization, and electronic scheduling.
- Proven successful customer service experience.
- AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
Preferred Qualifications
- H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
Essential Functions
- Administrative
Communicates and collaborates with peers, co-workers, supervisor, manager, physicians and surgeons, referral sources, payors, and collaborating departments to coordinate completion of work by established deadlines.
Assists team members in locating patient data information including retrieving reports, filing, organizing, and duplicating sections of the medical record.
Maintains organized medical records and files and to ensure efficient retrieval of document.
Organizes, prioritizes, and coordinates to ensure completing projects and issues are completed per agreements.
Responds to changes in priorities and interruptions by reassessing priorities and communicating any changes in deadlines or outcomes. - Communication
Collaborates with participating members in developing, preparing, distributing and maintaining agendas and minutes per department and regulatory standards.
Assure supporting documents are available and complete for meeting review.
Preparation of correspondence, meeting minutes, or other documents is accurate (including correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation), thorough and completed by established deadlines.
Sorts and distributes mail, faxes, and printed items.
Prepares and processes outgoing faxes and mail including bulk mailings and flyers within designated time frames
Maintains organized department records, files and to ensure efficient retrieval of documents
Information and records are kept confidential per guidelines
Completes department specific forms/record/data management per guidelines (e.g. personnel, vendor, charge/billing, special projects, other - Customer service and teamwork
Greets and makes welcome a variety of customers by the telephone and in person
Obtains information from visitors/callers, directs as appropriate or takes complete and accurate messages. Acts on requests for customer assistance.
Uses scripts as appropriate including answering phones, transferring calls and service recovery
Responds to all inquiries with a timeliness that promotes customer satisfaction
Communicates effectively with all levels of staff and uses chain of command - Data Entry Accuracy
Complete data entry input per regulatory and department standards.
Posts patient charges into patient's billing account per regulatory and corporate compliance standards. - Insurance verification and financial counseling
Prior to evaluation appointment, verify insurance coverage per department standards.
Track authorizations for expiration; obtain new authorization prior to expiration of existing authorization.
Communicates to other departments patient demographic and insurance information.
Counsel patients, family, caregivers, and potential patients regarding insurance and financial aspects of treatment at time of initial evaluation appointment. Responsive to patients/families ongoing financial issues. Document education, action plan, and patient understanding of financial plan. - Medical records management
Admit patients into tracking databases at time of initial referral
Contact all patients within specified timeframes upon referral receipt; complete intake referral form.
Upon completion of the intake referral form, assign patient to appropriate team member,
Assembles medical record, and completes other referral documentation including any patient evaluation forms) per department.
Requests originals or copies of insurance, registration, evaluations, diagnostics, consults, H&Ps, or other reports to complete medical record. - Patient scheduling and evaluation
Schedule patient for evaluation, including referrals to collaborating departments, as per department guidelines.
Schedule patients for re-evaluation per approved intervals and/or team member recommendation.
Confirm all evaluation and re-evaluation appointments in advance.
Arrange transportation, accommodations, or other special services as needed.
Schedule all diagnostic procedures / consultations ordered to complete patient evaluation.
Notify collaborating departments of tests.
Collects and prepares patient data necessary for patient to see consulting physician, to be admitted, to be transferred to other care providers, etc.
Notify referring physician and/or departments of evaluation recommendations per documentation standards.
Follow-up with patients with outstanding evaluation components to facilitate completion of work-up.
Obtain outstanding evaluation test results from collaborating departments and refer to appropriate team member.
Retrieves medical records as required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proven competence in the performance of basic office functions (answering incoming calls, filing, copying, faxing, word processing, etc).
- Bilingual, English / Spanish preferred.
Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class
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