Care Associate - Bourbonnais Care

Overview

Riverside Healthcare is seeking an organized and personable Front Desk Registration Staff member to join our team. The individual in this role will be the first point of contact for patients and visitors, responsible for ensuring a smooth and welcoming registration process. This position is critical in managing patient flow and providing excellent customer service and demonstrates flexibility with assignments within professional scope/duties/licensure.

Administrative Tasks:

• Greet patients timely and courteously, escorting them to exam rooms and ensuring a positive experience.
• Answer telephone calls with a positive attitude, take accurate messages, and address customer questions and concerns efficiently.
• Assist patients with electronic registration within the clinic setting, ensuring all required information is accurately entered into the system.
• Perform accurate computer data entry of patient demographics and other essential information in the EMR.
• Register patients according to clinic protocols, including verifying insurance, running estimates, collecting payments, and scheduling clinical and diagnostic appointments.
• Scan and file patient test results, records, and other paperwork in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring proper documentation in the EMR.
• Document missed appointments in patient records and follow up on patient work queues in a timely manner.
• Assist with confirming patient appointments and maintaining the front desk and reception areas, ensuring they are ready for each working day and fully operational at the start of business hours.
• Maintain a pleasant, friendly, and professional demeanor with all employees, patients, guests, vendors, and visitors of Riverside Healthcare.

Customer Interaction:

• Adhere to AIDET format and standards. Acknowledge and greet all customers timely with a professional and friendly demeanor.
• Identify patients' needs for additional information and refer them to appropriate healthcare resources as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge of insurance coverages to assist patients with insurance verification and authorization processes.

Office Maintenance:

• Clean exam rooms using proper wipes and following appropriate wet time guidelines to ensure a safe and sanitary environment.
• Assist with maintaining office supplies and ensuring the clinic is fully stocked and organized.

• Office Maintenance:
• Clean exam rooms using proper wipes and following appropriate wet time guidelines to ensure a safe and sanitary environment.
• Assist with maintaining office supplies and ensuring the clinic is fully stocked and organized.

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• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Riverside Healthcare offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and nationally rated employee well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more so your journey at and away from work is remarkable. Our Total Rewards package includes:

• Base compensation within the position pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift differential, on-call
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

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

• Paid Leave Hours accrued as you work

• Exposure to:
  Chemicals from copy machines and cleaners; risk of contact with blood and body fluids; TB or airborne pathogens with Universal Precautions

• Speech, Vision, Hearing, and Touch related to communication, reading, and computer entry

Average activity level with weights typically involved in office tasks. See lifting sections below in the original description for detailed specifics that may be requested by HR.

Pay Range: USD $17.66 - USD $21.10 /Hr