Patient Services Specialist

Location: Sarasota

Sun State Medical Specialists (SMS) is proud to be a part of One Oncology in delivering exceptional, community-based specialty care across Florida. With a team of 105 physicians spanning urology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, breast surgery, general surgery, and head and neck surgery, SMS is committed to providing high-quality, accessible care. Our practice continues to expand services by offering advanced radiation therapies, in-house pharmacy and laboratory capabilities, care management, theranostics, cutting-edge diagnostic imaging, and clinical research.

We are dedicated to recruiting top-tier physicians to help increase access to affordable, high-quality care throughout the state.
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* Job Description:

** As the Patient Services Specialist, you are responsible for providing administrative and general support to staff, patients and Physicians to ensure that a high quality, professional and efficient administration service is consistently provided to patients. This role is a crucial link between our patient’s and clinical teams.

Your key responsibilities:

As Patient Services Specialist, you will ensure a high level of patient service is provided including anticipating needs, maintaining patient service expectations, and reacting to feedback. You are expected to maintain a professional service which meets patient needs.
* Customer Service
* Monitoring and reacting to patient feedback
* Monitoring the flow of patients and directing as appropriate
* Answering and attending to all telephone calls in a timely manner
* Responding to queries in accordance with the privacy policy
* Having a breadth of service knowledge to respond to patient queries
* Providing support to Physicians and other internal customers, as required
* Assist with patient questions regarding billing and insurance payments
* Maintenance and improvement of the patients’ waiting room
* Maintaining the look and feel of both patient and employee-facing spaces, restocking supplies, and organization
* Dealing with people traffic, by directing vendors and visitors as they come and ensuring compliance to sign in protocols
* Maintaining the Integrity of Patient Records
* Scheduling Physician appointments with regard to availability & appropriate time frames
* Undertaking all actions to support a Physicians clinic visit, including ensuring the completeness of patient records prior to and subsequent to the visit
* Admitting and discharging patients, prior to and following, consultation, evaluation and follow-up appointments
* Registering new patients in a timely manner and ensuring the accuracy of personal and billing details
* Ensuring all documentation and correspondence required for the consultation's appointment is registered
* Creating referring doctor records as required
* Following up on referrals
* Document management Qualifications
* High School Diploma or equivalent
* Demonstrated ability in an administrative role within a busy, customer focused environment, medical preferred.
* Handle and resolve urgent matters and time critical medical appointments
* Strong organization and communication skills, with the ability to liaise with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Proven experience to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
* Knowledge of patient billing systems and related funding mechanisms.
* Ability to use clinical administration systems, as well as Microsoft Office software
* Collaborative approach in working with the wider administration team and other internal customers, in line with the organization values.
* Flexible approach to work
* Travel as required to other centers
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