Patient Access Coordinator
Boston Medical Center•Boston, MA
•Onsite
About The Position
Provides secretarial and office clerical support to a team of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers within the Labor & Delivery unit. Greets patients and family members; registers patients; answers and directs telephone calls; obtains and verifies insurance information. Schedules appointments, updates dispositions of patients. Serves as the unit's centralized focus of administration, information, and communications during the assigned shift. Performs other duties as needed.
Requirements
- Requires a high school education or GED
- Work requires demonstrated competence to effectively speak, read, and write English
- Work requires the ability to accurately interpret and utilize medical terminology and abbreviations
- Demonstrated proficiency with various computer software systems, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and hospital-wide systems such as SEM, IDX, SDK, etc.
- Ability to use and troubleshoot basic office equipment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact appropriately with nursing staff, patients, families/visitors, physicians, and other hospital staff in a fast-paced environment
- Organizational skills to effectively set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work
- Ability to effectively apply basic administrative skills, e.g., typing, filing, telephone skills, etc.
- Work requires physical ability to meet core job requirements in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served
Nice To Haves
- Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the Boston Medical Center are preferred
Responsibilities
- Greets patients and family members
- Registers patients
- Answers and directs telephone calls
- Obtains and verifies insurance information
- Schedules appointments
- Updates dispositions of patients
- Serves as the unit's centralized focus of administration, information, and communications during the assigned shift
- Performs other duties as needed
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- pharmacy
- contract increases
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 403(b) savings matches
- earned time cash out
- paid time off
- career advancement opportunities
- resources to support employee and family wellbeing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
