Patient Service Representative (PSR) Float, Urgent Care

Advocate Aurora Health • Brookfield, WI

67d • $19 - $29

About The Position

The position is for a full-time role at Advocate Health's Immediate Care department in New Berlin. The scheduled hours are Monday to Friday between 6:45 am and 8 pm, with weekend hours every third weekend from 7:45 am to 4:15 pm. The role involves floating between various Urgent Care clinics including New Berlin, Edgerton, Brookfield, Franklin, and Mayfair North. The position also includes a holiday rotation requiring availability for two holidays per year.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Intermediate computer skills including experience in using personal computers; including Microsoft Office or similar applications, and electronic mail.
• Training or experience in keyboarding/data entry with an emphasis on speed and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, and to sort and file information alphabetically and numerically.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors and responds to routine requests for information.
• Answers telephone, screens calls, and takes messages.
• Registers patients; obtains demographic and insurance information; verifies insurance coverage, collects co-pays, deductibles, and previous balances; posts payments and updates demographic and insurance information.
• Schedules patient appointments and coordinates cancellations, reschedules, and additions to schedules.
• Provides accurate, detailed information regarding test preparations, time patient to arrive, and any other directional information needed by patient.
• Updates insurance, financial responsibility and other data when changes or additions occur, and communicates to patient as appropriate.
• Ensures insurance and patient information obtained is complete and accurate, applying acquired knowledge of government and third party payer requirements.
• Identifies, reports, and resolves problems regarding registration to appropriate individuals and departments.
• Monitors patient flow to ensure they are cared for in the most efficient and courteous manner.
• Offers various assistance to patients to include: arranging transportation needs, providing directions, locating wheelchair, etc.
• Performs visit closure including checking out patients after visit, scheduling follow-up appointments, and providing patients with a visit summary.
• May file, retrieve, and/or deliver patient information and/or records, and completes required forms/documentation.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED