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Patient Care Assistant

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants

#Scheduling #Medical Records #Vital Signs #Referrals #Billing #Front Desk #Co-payments #Filing #Temperature #Blood Pressure

Quick overview

The Patient Care Assistant will manage comprehensive front-desk duties, including scheduling, billing, patient registration, and communication, alongside back-office tasks like preparing exam rooms and collecting specimens.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess at least one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting, and must be comfortable performing all assigned back-office responsibilities. Proof of required vaccinations for working with immunocompromised patients is mandatory.

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Job description

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants is seeking a full-time Patient Care Assistant to work at the clinic located in Schaumburg, IL.
This Assistant’s responsibilities include all duties related to the front-desk and back-office.
Responsibilities assigned to individuals can and will change at any time at the discretion of management or the supervisor.
Front Office Responsibilities: 1) Filing of all scanned paperwork daily 2) Fax clinic schedules to physicians for next clinic day.
3) Prepare travel chart weekly 4) Open and distribute mail, daily 5) Print schedule for following clinic day.
Verity that all progress notes and super-bills are attached 6) Order office supplies 7) Answer telephone calls, including closed offices at different locations 8) Page on consultations to physicians.
Page should include consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with appropriate extension 9) Make appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines.
If patient is new, directions should be given 10) Handle and process billing information daily 11) Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily 12) Register patients, enter and/or update patient demographics, make copies of vital information 13) Collect co-payments and past due balances from patients at check-in/check-out desk 14) Coordinate and process referral information for managed care patients 15) Process medical records requests 16) Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen 17) Obtain laboratory specimens as requested, completing lab requisitions and preparing samples for pick-up by lab.
Document same in Medical Record 18) Ensure superbills are completed at visit end, including, visit code, diagnoses and all labs ordered Back Office Responsibilities: 1) Escort patients from reception to exam room, documenting height, weight, blood pressure and temperature as indicated, document patient’s chief complaint and notify doctor when patient is ready to be seen 2) Stock exam rooms with supplies each morning, clean rooms between patients 3) Maintain inventory of medical supplies, completing requisitions (order forms) in a timely manner to ensure supplies are not depleted 4) Other tasks as assigned by management Must have at least (1) one year of clinical practice experience, preferably in an office setting Must be comfortable with back office responsibilities High school Education or equivalent Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19.

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