ER Admissions Clerk

Job Description

• Performs admission duties for admitting out-patients and emergency patients to hospital services. Processes and files admission records and acts as liaison with patient family members and responsible party. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Class III. Job Qualifications:
• Education: High School graduate or equivalent.
• Personal Job-Related Skills: Typing speed of 45 wpm, operation of ten key adding machine/calculator. Familiar with operating personal computers and knowledge of general clerical duties.
• Licensure, Registry or Certification: None required.
• Physical and Mental Requirements: Duties of the position require intermittent walking, sitting, and standing. Some bending, stooping, and reaching is required with the lifting of items up to a weight of 40 pounds. The ability to comprehend and follow routine written or verbal instructions or directions.
• Experience: Prior Work Experience: One-year office experience in a medical setting.
• Technical Training: None required.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Secures necessary information from patients or responsible parties.
• Completes admission record based on orders from a physician.
• Obtains consent signature for admission and testing.
• Arranges for transportation of patients to the appropriate in-patient or out-patient area.
• Obtains insurance information.
• Collects on self-pay accounts.
• Reviews past records for delinquent accounts and refers matter to supervisor if necessary.
• Makes appropriate financial arrangements if patient is not insured.
• Notifies department of services or tests ordered.
• Gathers information for the Medicare secondary payer letter.
• Reviews all records for completeness and accuracy.
• Provides records in a timely manner.