Clinical Clerical Secretary

Alternative Community Resource Programs•Johnstown, PA

30d

About The Position

The Clinical Clerical Secretary will perform secretarial duties that will include operating a multiline telephone system, providing a warm greeting at the front desk, scheduling appointments, collecting patient copays, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence. This position requires the ability to work independently, exercise judgement, and take an initiative.

Requirements

High school diploma supplemented by additional secretarial and accounting training and three years of increasingly responsible secretarial, clerical, and fiscal experience.
Must possess a valid driver's license and have access to reliable transportation
Act 31/Act 126 Clearance
Mandated Reporter Training
Act 34 Clearance
Pennsylvania State Police Background Check (Criminal History)
Act 114 Clearance
FBI Fingerprint
Act 33 Clearance
Pennsylvania Child Abuse History
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Responsibilities

Greets visitors, ascertains purpose of visit, and directs them to appropriate staff or location.
Provides warm and informative customer service to all calls and guests.
Receives and routes messages and documents to appropriate staff.
Serve as an onsite liaison for tele-psychiatry.
Interviews and pre-screens patients to complete documents, case histories, and forms such as intake and insurance forms.
Compiles and records medical charts, reports, and correspondence using a computer and various software programs.
Transmits correspondence and medical records by mail, email, or fax.
Performs a variety of clerical and administrative duties including, but not limited to; ordering and maintaining inventory supplies, typing, proofreading, filing, faxing, scanning, data entry, copying, and recording information in accordance with deadlines and company procedures.
Schedules and confirms patient appointments, insurance information, and medical consultations.
Communicates canceled appointments accordingly and makes all necessary attempts to fill open appointments immediately.
Answers telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
Ensure client calls are answered 90% of the time or returned by the close of business that date.
Return missed calls and regularly check voicemails.
Operates office equipment such as voicemail messaging systems, and uses word processing, spreadsheet, and other software to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, and medical records.
Completes tele-psychiatry visits, medical records requests, and assist with the completion of payroll and associated spreadsheets.
Maintains medical records, technical library, and correspondence files.
Daily ensures that the waiting room is prepared for patients before scheduled appointments. This includes, but not limited to; turning all lights on at assigned location, unlocking the lobby door for patients in a timely manner, and maintaining order and cleanliness.
Assists in any area to cover call offs and/or employee absences.