Outpatient Access Specialist

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Outpatient Access Specialist (OAS), as the face of the practice, provides a warm welcome to patients, families, and other customers in person and over the phone. Always demonstrating UR Medicine’s ICARE values, the OAS is responsible for reception, check-in, checkout, and telephone call triage. The experienced OAS will also help train new employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs check-in procedures

• Welcomes all customers with enthusiasm and compassion

• Arrives patients in the electronic medical record (EMR), print labels, and notify clinical staff of arrival

• Confirms and updates patient demographics, email, employer status and insurance information

• Processes PCP change forms when necessary

• Obtains patients’ signatures for required forms

• Provides patients with education to complete required forms and screenings

• Creates and distributes new patient packets

• Assists with scheduling referrals

Performs other reception procedures

• Processes walk-ins according to protocol, including situations where patients request to be seen by a provider, need a PPD read, need medication refills, etc.

• Processes paperwork being dropped off by obtaining a complete release of information and all required information for the paperwork to be completed

Performs check-out procedures following patient clinic appointments

• Checks out patients in the EMR

• Collects new patient paperwork from patients and assign the new provider(s) in the EMR

• Ensures that patients receive designated post-visit services, including lab work, immunizations, etc.

• Schedules designated follow-up visits

• Processes and schedules referral appointments

• Prints after-visit summary (AVS)

• Arranges patient transportation home as necessary

Performs phone room procedures

• Answers and process calls from other providers and the Access Center

• Documents and route calls to the appropriate team

• Warm transfers urgent clinical calls to the triage nurse

• Schedules appointments from the new patient scheduling pool, bump list, wait list, and recall list

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma required

• 1 year related work experience in an administrative office or customer service field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience required

• Medical terminology experience preferred

• Demonstrated customer service skills required. Medical terminology and electronic medical records experience preferred. Ability to act as a resource to less experienced staff preferred.

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How To Apply

All applicants must apply online.

EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Location: Strong Memorial Hospital
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Opening: Full Time 40 hours Grade 007 Strong Internal Medicine