Admissions Clerk

Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 2,755,000; Full time

Job summary

The Admissions Clerk role at Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc. focuses on efficient patient registration, admissions, transfers, and discharges with courteous service.

The position emphasizes greeting patients and visitors, answering questions, and coordinating with hospital staff to ensure smooth patient flow. Responsibilities include managing charts and records, handling cash receipts, and assisting patients with transportation as needed, while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy in

Qualifications

• Must type 30 words per minute accurately.
• Experience in dealing with public is desired.
• Three (3) to six (6) months on-the-job training is required to attain proficiency of performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and visitors in person or by phone.
• Provide information concerning the hospital and patient status in accordance with guidelines.
• Operate the hospital's communications system and assist in locating patients' families.
• Handle admissions, registrations, transfers, and discharges with accuracy.
• Maintain patient charts, records, and appointment schedules; perform cashier duties.

Skills

Typing 30 wpm

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Overview

The Admissions Clerk is responsible for efficient and courteous registration, transfer, and discharge of patients.

Responsibilities

Serves as general receptionist for the hospital, greeting patients and visitors in person or by phone in a courteous manner.

Provides general information concerning the hospital and/or patient's condition in accordance with hospital guidelines and secures signatures on documents if required.

Operates communication system placing and answering telephone calls, paging or contacting staff, and keeping appropriate records and assists in locating patient's families.

Determines patient's needs by admitting to hospital or referring to appropriate facility and escorts patient to proper area or arranges for transportation.

Maintains a roster of inpatients by names, bed number, and religious preference, reporting daily on admissions and discharges; maintains elective admission schedule and contacts patients when rooms are available.

Prepares all necessary records relating to admission, payment, and discharge of patient.

Pulls patient charts, maintains appointment schedules, handles money, retains custody of hospital keys as required.

May assist patients in and out of vehicles.

Operates various office equipment.

Performs cashier duties; e.g. receipts of payment and issuance of receipts.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Must operate routine office machines, including but not limited to postage meter, typewriter, display terminal and terminal printing, adding machine and copy machine, fax machine, medifax machine and communications system.

Must type 30 words per minute accurately.

Experience in dealing with public is desired.

Three (3) to six (6) months on-the-job training is required to attain proficiency of performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.