Clerk/Registrar

Northwell Career Site; New York (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Career Site is seeking a receptionist/clerical assistant to support a patient care unit. The role includes greeting and registering patients, verifying insurance information, and handling consent forms.

Candidate should have a high school diploma and at least one year of relevant experience with public contact, plus a typing speed of 35 words per minute and strong interpersonal skills to interact with patients and staff.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• At least 1 year of related registration/clerical experience with public contact is required.
• Typing speed 35 wpm is required.
• Good interpersonal skills to interact courteously with patients, families, physicians and hospital staff.

Responsibilities

• Greets, interviews and registers patients or their representative.
• Verifies patient, guarantor, subscriber and insurance information and enters into the department system.
• Completes required forms for patient registration.
• Obtains, secures and witnesses required consents/signatures.
• Provides information about Advance Directives and Privacy Practices; completes related questionnaire.
• Attaches vouchers to lab specimens and arranges transport to lab as needed.
• Performs final chart review and ensures chart is complete on discharge.
• Supports patient transfers to the Emergency department when required.
• Answers phones, directs calls, takes messages and handles routine clerical tasks.
• Performs receptionist duties for the clinic and maintains attendance logs.

Skills

Typing 35 wpm

Interpersonal skills

Public contact

Reception duties

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Performs general clerical and receptionist duties supporting the patient care unit, including preparing, compiling and maintaining records in nursing unit.

Job Responsibility

• * Greets, interviews and registers patients or their representative.
• Verifies patient, guarantor, subscriber and insurance information and enters same into department computer system.
• Completes required forms for patient registration.
• Obtains, secures and witnesses required consents/signatures.
• Provides information regarding Advance Directives, Patient Bill of Rights and Notice of Privacy Practices. Completes questionnaire regarding Advance Directives for the patient's medical record.
• Attaches vouchers to lab specimens and arranges transport to lab, as required.
• Performs final chart review, incorporates loose sheets and ensures that the entire chart assembly is completed on discharge.
• Facilitates patient transfers to Emergency department, as required.
• Answers phones courteously, responds to requests for information, directs calls or takes messages, files, photocopies, faxes information, maintains bulletin boards, etc.
• Performs receptionist duties for clinic. Reviews and maintains daily attendance log. Informs clinical team member of pending appointments
• Photocopies and maintains supply of pertinent forms specific to unit.
• Reports all equipment needing repair and initiates work orders.
• Performs related duties as required.

Job Qualification

• *High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• * Minimum of one (1) year related registration/clerical experience with public contact, required.
• * Typing 35 wpm, required.
• * Good interpersonal skills to deal courteously with patients, families, physicians and all levels of hospital personnel, required.

Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).