Patient Appointment Coordinator - Island Primary Care - Orcas Island - Per Diem / Day Shift

In the Patient Appointment Coordinator role, you will play a key role in the department, as you will be responsible for acting as a patient advocate at all times. This position schedules and confirms appointments, verifies patient insurance eligibility, assists patients upon check-in and check-out, prepares documents for clinic appointment, enters patient demographic and insurance data into electronic medical record and offers other administrative office support.

Location

• Orcas
• Island,
• WA /
• Onsite
• Schedule:
• Per
• Diem /
• Days
• Salary: $24.00 - $35.00 per hour

What you will be doing

• Warmly and professionally greets and registers patients with a smile.
• Verifies insurance and demographic data and updates information as needed.
• Schedules appointments for medical providers.
• Calls patients with appointment reminders.
• Work patient electronic worklists.
• Prepares patient record for appointments, print routing slips, and fills out other documents as needed.
• Prepares deposits and daily income summaries.
• Receives cash and insurance payments.
• Collaborates with the Orcas Patient Liaison to assist patient scheduling and coordination of services.
• Picks-up, sends, and distributes mail from post office.
• Initiates and assists with patient release of records.
• Assists with closing the office.

What you will bring to the role

• Demonstrated communication skills consistent with Island Hospital’s mission, vision, values and Promise.
• Planning, organization and prioritization skills with demonstrated evidence of critical thinking, problem solving and analytical processing ability.
• Self-motivated, flexible and has the ability work independently and in a team environment, with strong ethical standards.
• Adaptability and flexibility to facilitate change while meeting multiple demands and priorities of a challenging position and workload.