ER Admissions & Administrative Specialist

ADAIR COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INC; Stilwell (OK); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Adair County Health Center Inc DBA Memorial Hospital in Stilwell, OK seeks an administrative non-clinical staff member to assist with admitting patients and handling front-desk duties. You will interview patients, collect required information, explain procedures, and route data digitally to the correct departments.

Responsibilities include data entry, collecting statements, handling payments, and providing general office support under the RN and Department Director’s direction.

Qualifications

• MUST have good secretarial skills in filing and typing.
• MUST be self-motivated, have strong in public relations, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to meet, greet and handle public.
• Requires prolonged sitting, frequent bending, stooping and stretching. May require lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Requires eye hand coordination and manual dexterity.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters or symbols.
• Requires the use of office equipment such as computers, typewriters, fax machines, telephones and copiers.
• Requires normal vision range.

Responsibilities

• Interview incoming patient or representative and enter information required for admission into computer.
• Interview patient or representative to obtain and record name, address, age, religion, persons to notify in case of emergency, attending physician, individual or insurance company responsible for payment of bill and any other pertinent information required.
• Explain hospital regulations, such as visiting hours, payment of accounts, and schedule of charges.
• Escort patient or arrange for escort to assigned room or department.
• Enter patient admitting information into computer and routes printed copy to designated department.
• Obtain signed statement from patient to protect hospital’s interests.
• May compile data for occupancy.
• May store patient’s valuables.
• May receive payments on account.
• Assists in all other areas of office function as directed by the Department Director.
• May only perform non-clinical duties. Clinical roles involve bedside care, these duties willonly be performed by Nurses, Physicians or Therapists.
• Take vital signs.
• Move and/or transport patients from ER to Nursing Floor.
• Collect all specimens except blood.
• Personal care on patients.
• Can perform EKG’s and put oxygen on patient.
• Fill out requisitions.
• Taking general information on patients.
• Answer telephone.
• Deliver specimens to Lab Department.
• Clean and prepare ER patient rooms for next patient.
• Clean and resupply stockroom
• All other duties as assigned by RN, except giving medications

Skills

Secretarial skills

Filing

Typing

Computer knowledge

Public relations

Time management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Meet and greet public

Tools

Computers

Typewriters

Fax machines

Telephones

Copiers

Job description

Adair County Health Center Inc DBA Memorial Hospital in Stilwell, OK seeks an administrative non-clinical staff member to assist with admitting patients and handling front-desk duties. You will interview patients, collect required information, explain procedures, and route data digitally to the correct departments.

Responsibilities include data entry, collecting statements, handling payments, and providing general office support under the RN and Department Director’s direction.