Emergency Department Patient Access Coordinator

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; On-site; USD 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago's Hyde Park area seeks a Patient Service Coordinator for the Emergency Department. This 100% onsite role supports admissions, intercom requests, patient transport, and medical records management.

You will also input charges, orient new staff, and cross-cover multiple units while maintaining patient confidentiality and providing courteous service in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• At least one year of general office experience, preferably in a medical/clinical setting.
• Good written and verbal communication, organizational and customer service skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively, uses discretion and good judgment, and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Must be able to independently and professionally interact with customers, internal and external to the Hospitals.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, ability to learn and utilize applicable software.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the patient admission process.
• Answers patient intercom and ensures that requests are referred to the appropriate staff immediately.
• Arranges patient transportation to outside agencies.
• Coordinates facilities information (e.g. work orders) as received by unit staff, maintains records of requests and follows up as needed to assure task completion and relays information back to the appropriate staff regarding the status of outstanding work orders.
• Assembles, organizes, and maintains patient medical records/charts according to hospital policies and procedures and ensures and obtains necessary signatures as required for all forms according to hospital policy and procedure.
• Inputs patient charges via computer system, assists in the orientation of new staff, cross-covers multiple patient care units during regular work shift when required and runs errands as deemed necessary by Care Center leadership.
• Answers incoming telephone calls promptly and courteously.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Customer service

Multitasking

Discretion and confidentiality

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Associate Business courses

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago's Hyde Park area seeks a Patient Service Coordinator for the Emergency Department. This 100% onsite role supports admissions, intercom requests, patient transport, and medical records management.

You will also input charges, orient new staff, and cross-cover multiple units while maintaining patient confidentiality and providing courteous service in a fast-paced hospital setting.