What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Assistant position at DENALI HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS LLC?
Rapidly growing medical practice seeks full-time Administrative Assistant to join its team of dedicated healthcare professionals.
Job Type/Schedule: This position is full-time requiring approximately 40 hours of work per week (Monday through Friday).
Job Qualifications
Job Type/Schedule: This position is full-time requiring approximately 40 hours of work per week (Monday through Friday).
Job Qualifications
- Education: High school graduate
- Professional appearance and demeanor; courteous, friendly, and personable
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; good computer skills
- Effective organizational and time-management skills
- Knowledgeable of basic operation of medical practice; medical terminology
- Prior experience working in health care facility preferred
- Greets, welcomes and directs patients, visitors, and healthcare professionals; answers telephone calls and voice mail messages; retrieves and processes facsimiles and mail; handles correspondence
- Schedules appointments for consultations, diagnostic procedures, and follow-up office visits
- Registers patients; reviews office policies with patients; obtains, verifies, and updates demographic and insurance data; collects medical information from patient; gathers clinical data and medical records from referring physicians
- Creates new patient chart for new patients; updates and files data, test reports and correspondence in patients’ charts; verifies accuracy and completeness of each patient’s chart; maintains security and
- Verifies patients’ insurance benefits; obtains pre-authorizations for diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures; explains fee estimates to patient along with insurance benefits; collects copayments
- Directs patient flow from screening and diagnostic testing through therapeutic interventions and handles any logistical matters that directly affect patient care; instructs and educates patient on clinical protocols and testing procedures pertinent to patient’s case; obtains informed consent for recommended procedures
- Communicates with referring physician and all other health care professionals working on patient’s case to ensure continuity of care
- Procures office and medical supplies as directed; inventories and tracks medical equipment; ensures proper care and maintenance of office and clinical equipment; ensures safe working environment.
