Patient Registrar - Admissions PRN

Moore County Hospital District•Dumas, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Registrar II is responsible for registering and pre-admitting outpatients, inpatients, and day-surgeries. Interviews and gathers complete and accurate data to facilitate the admission/registration process and obtains appropriate signatures, verifying insurance, verifying authorizations for those procedure requiring authorization, obtaining workers’ compensation information. Obtaining authorizations for in-house patients. Registers EMS patients. Interprets and explains hospital regulations, policies and services to patients and/or guests. Will collect and receipt all moneys accordingly and daily reconcile petty cash.

Requirements

At least two years’ customer service experience.
At least two years’ admissions/registration experience.
At least two years’ upfront cash collections experience.
Exceptional interpersonal skills to interview and obtain information from patients and interact with others.
Computer literacy to include data entry skills.
Good verbal and written communications skills.
Ability to work in a fast paced environment where rapidly changing priorities are common.

Responsibilities

Registering and pre-admitting outpatients, inpatients, and day-surgeries.
Interviewing and gathering complete and accurate data to facilitate the admission/registration process.
Obtaining appropriate signatures.
Verifying insurance and authorizations for procedures requiring authorization.
Obtaining workers’ compensation information.
Obtaining authorizations for in-house patients.
Registering EMS patients.
Interpreting and explaining hospital regulations, policies and services to patients and/or guests.
Collecting and receipting all moneys accordingly.
Daily reconciliation of petty cash.
May be cross-trained to work in ER Admissions.