Job Information
Trinity Health Clinic Receptionist General Surgery FT in Clinton, Iowa
Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Day Shift
Description:
Position Purpose
Maintains clinic office by serving as general receptionist and clerical person. Maintains patient flow, scheduling appointments, triaging phone calls and handling messages. Maintains patient charts and accurate patient demographics. Maintains records on referring physicians. May have contact with patients aged newborn to geriatric.
What You Will Do
Answers all incoming phone calls, facilitating communication among staff, ancillary departments, doctors, and others by taking and transmitting messages and information to appropriate parties.
Greets patients and visitors to the clinic in a friendly and professional manner.
Assembles charts for new patients.
Establishes and maintains current patient demographics in the record and/or computer.
Pulls patient records for next day appointments and prepares charts.
Receive incoming test results and direct appropriately for follow-up.
Schedules appoints efficiently and accurately.
Places calls to confirm appointments.
Accepts and records payments for services rendered to patients and does balance and prepares deposit at end of each day. This also involves sending batches to billing center.
Processes patient referrals.
Maintains patient charts, monitoring location and filing appropriate paperwork.
Minimum Qualifications
High school graduate or equivalent.
Must be BLS certified within 3 months of hire.
Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
Experience in an ambulatory care setting as a receptionist is preferred.
Must display proper telephone etiquette.
Must be able to demonstrate basic computer skills in a Windows environment.
Must have good communication and diplomacy skills.
Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission and vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran