Medical Receptionist

Medical Receptionist I

Agency:
Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department:
Primary Care & Rural Medicine

Proposed Minimum Salary:
Commensurate

Job Location:

Bryan, Texas

Job Type: Staff

Join the dedicated team at the Department of Primary Care & Rural Medicine at Texas A&M University and contribute to exceptional patient care!

Are you ready to bring your skills to a team that transforms patient experiences? Join our Primary Care & Rural Medicine team and play a crucial role in our outpatient primary care clinic. As a Medical Receptionist I, you'll be the first point of contact for patients and visitors in the clinic. You will contribute to a positive and efficient clinic environment by scheduling appointments, routing calls to clinical staff and handling front desk tasks, including data entry into the Electronic Management System (EHS) and billing/insurance processing and inquiries.

• Salary:
  Starting at $16.70/hr for Medical Receptionist I.
• Schedule:
  
  Full-time, 8am - 5pm Monday - Friday, with occasional extended hours.

• High school diploma or equivalent, and two years of experience in medical office, hospital, nursing home, or home health setting.
• Well-qualified candidate should also possess two years of experience in general office or personnel operations, including one year experience working within a medical office. Prior experience and familiarity with Electronic Medical Record Systems is preferred. Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

• Patient Phone Calls: Handle phone calls from patients who need to schedule appointments, include adding new patients, verifying demographic information and insurance, route calls to clinical staff, and enter phone notes as appropriate.
• Check-in Patients: Verify patient demographic information, collect co-pays and past-due balances, work patient waitlist, verify insurance, register patients for portal, check patients in/out, scan insurance cards and IDs, assist patients with kiosk.
• Billing Support: Correct denied claims due to registration errors, contact patients related to upcoming visits, schedule patient for wellness visits, input demographics for hospital billers.

Apply! A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended and will help in our review. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section.

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts
  , and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Health and Wellness:
  Free exercise programs and release time
• Professional Development:
  All employees have access to free Linked In Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
• Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a Linked In profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.