What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registration Specialist position at Healthfirst Bluegrass?
Are you passionate about helping others and making a difference every day? Our team at HealthFirst Bluegrass is growing, and we’re looking for a Registration Specialist Clerk who’s ready to bring warmth, energy, and bilingual (Spanish-English) skills to our front desk!
💬 You’ll be the first smile our patients see — greeting, registering, and supporting them through their healthcare journey.
🧡 If you love community outreach, teamwork, and meaningful work, this is the place for you!
✅ High school diploma or GED
✅ Background check and Drug Screening required
✅ Must be fluent in conversing in Spanish & English
📍 Apply today and be part of a mission-driven team that’s changing lives — one patient at a time.
Job Summary
Provides administrative support to department’s clinical/community program operations. Examples of work include: schedules patient appointments; greets patients/clients; conducts patient/client interviews, determines patients’ clients’ financial status; routes patients/clients; completes registration forms; prepares and maintains patient/client health record; collects service fees and processes patient bills; conducts community outreach activities, and makes referrals according to program procedures. If bilingual required, incumbent must be able to communicate effectively in a defined non-English language with staff and patients/clients as needed.
Administrative Support
- Act as patient/client receptionist. Greet patients, initiates and distributes appropriate forms
- Register clients/patients for clinic services/programs by obtaining and verifying required demographic, insurance and financial information including income information to determine eligibility for services/ pay status based on established standards
- Schedule initial and return appointments
- Process patient records, maintains patient flow during clinic sessions
- Assemble various forms required by program and service standards to record client information and services rendered to establish a medical record
- Operate a computer terminal to enter, store and retrieve information; compile records; and report routine statistical information
- File charts, master cards and reports. Assist with archiving of charts
- Collect and processes clinical service fees. Including: reconcile daily cash collected with receipts issued, cash drawer, encounter forms or other billing documents, and computer-generated reports; forward cash and receipts to Accounting on a daily basis for deposit; and process patient billing information
- Requisition, control and monitor inventory levels of supplies and materials and maintain files, records and laboratory logs
- Stock exam rooms as needed
- Answer telephone, provides information, take messages, greet the public and direct them to office locations for service or assistance
Qualifications
- High school graduation or GED;
- Background check and drug screening required prior to hiring.
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