Patient Access Clerk* PRN

Rivers Health Is Seeking a Per-Diem Patient Access Clerk

• Verifies and correctly enters patient demographic and insurance data
  
  

including any insurance notification required.

• Performs clerical duties such as admission, discharges, transfers
  
  

and deaths as needed

• Completes all required forms and scanning to maintain complete
  
  

patient record.

• Answers switchboard/phone and appropriately responds to emergency
  
  

alarms as required.

• Safely transports patients, supplies and specimens as needed.
• Responsible for accepting and processing payments.
• Processes department supply ordering, equipment maintenance, repair
  
  

requisitions and department mail.

• Maintains patient privacy and respects values of individual patients
  
  

and provides services accordingly.

• Provides cooperative and courteous service to patients, physicians,
  
  

staff members and visitors in a timely manner with the utmost of

professional behavior.

• Participates in unit meetings, statistical data gathering and
  
  

quality improvement activities including serving on quality

improvement teams.

• Maintains tidiness of registration and waiting area. Cleans desk,
  
  

counter tops, cabinets, etc. as needed.

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, safety,
  
  

environmental and infection control standards.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

ER Specific

• Observes and reports all patient concerns and changes in condition
  
  

to a Nurse immediately.

• Maintains current BLS certification.
• Performs and documents ER patient care technician duties while
  
  

Maintaining Aseptic Technique As Directed Including

• vital signs
• EKGs
• finger stick blood glucose monitoring
• inserts and removes urinary catheter
• administers enemas as directed
• obtains and records patient specimens
• Assists RN with other patient care duties
• Maintains patient room cleanliness as needed