Patient Services Coordinator

Overview

Regional Cancer Care Associates (RCCA) is looking for an exceptional Patient Services Coordinator to join the team. This position Professionally greets and welcomes patients and their friends/family. Answers, screens, and directs all incoming calls to appropriate personnel relaying messages between patients and clinical staff. This individual must also possess strong multi-tasking abilities and bring positivity and passion to their work. If you want to join a team that is on the cutting edge of cancer care, while always putting the patient first, we want to hear from you! While some experience is preferred, we are very open to new grads looking to explore oncology care.

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hackensack, NJ

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors to the clinic in a prompt, courteous, and professional manner. Checks in patients and informs clinical staff of patient arrival.

• Provides and explains paperwork for the patient to complete prior to examination. Collects, proofs for completeness, and scans/files patient forms. Updates demographics and insurance information in the system. Collects co-pays and balances; provides receipt. Answers phone calls in a prompt, courteous, professional manner.

• Answers, screens, and responds to routine questions via phone, electronic communications, or face to face contact, routes to appropriate personnel, or take thorough messages. Pages clinic personnel as appropriate. Communicates messages in an accurate and timely manner according to procedures.

• Contacts clinic personnel as appropriate

• Records patient cancellations and missed appointments; reschedules appointments. Notifies appropriate staff of the cancellation and makes note in patient chart.

• Schedule outside consults/procedures ordered by physician

• Provides general administrative support by scanning/filing charts and forms or ensuring they are sent to the appropriate department/personnel for filing and scanning. Maintains lobby area in a neat and orderly manner. Maintains a legible supply of forms and appropriate office supplies required for daily activities.

• Adheres to confidentiality, state, federal, and HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws and guidelines with regards to patient's records.

• Schedules all CT (CAT) scans, PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans, once approved from insurance.

• Maintains the chart message and anything that is in queue.

• Scans and copies updated insurance cards.

• Other duties as requested or assigned. May type memos and form.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Bilingual required.

• At least eighteen (18) months front medical office receptionist experience with insurance forms and scheduling software required.

• Knowledge of this practice's personnel, daily routines, and scheduling a plus. Proficiency with computer systems and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel) required.

• Must successfully complete required e-learning courses within 90 days of occupying position.