Medical Receptionist PRN - Bedford Emergency Services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Shelbyville, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Medical Receptionist PRN to join their Emergency Services team in Bedford. This role involves coordinating nursing station activities, performing clerical and reception duties, requisitioning supplies and equipment, and managing communications between patients and staff. VUMC is a leading healthcare institution committed to advancing health and wellness through patient care, education, and research, fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a difference.

Requirements

Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year of experience
High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Responsibilities

Coordinates nursing station, performs clerical and reception duties.
Requisitions supplies, equipment, services as directed.
Coordinates communications between customers and staff.
Follows hospital policy and procedures.
Answer telephones in appropriate manner.
Input data into computer.
Scans medical record into EPIC system.
Schedule appointments, physician/consults, coordinates transfers and EMS transports.