Heartland Alliance Health·Chicago, Illinois
The Referral Coordinator facilitates medical appointments and services by managing referral orders within an electronic health record system. They also coordinate care with internal and external stakeholders while assisting patients with public aid and insurance enrollment.
This position will provide medical referral coordination services to facilitate patient medical appointments and services both internal and external to the institution. This position will require communication and coordination of services with participants, a diverse healthcare team, and external stakeholders. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives within the framework outlined below.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Heartland Alliance Health makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.
Candidates must possess a High School Diploma and at least one year of experience in a medical office setting. Proficiency with PCs and Microsoft Office Suite is required, with preference given to those with electronic health record experience.
Market context
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