Medical Receptionist Dental - South Side Bethlehem

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA is seeking a Medical Receptionist to support busy medical offices.

The role involves welcoming patients, registering demographics, verifying insurance, handling calls, scheduling, and coordinating with clinicians to ensure smooth patient flow. Candidates should have a High School diploma or equivalent, strong customer service and communication skills, experience in a healthcare setting preferred, and familiarity with MyChart.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required; Medical assistant/administrative training preferred.
• Strong customer service and communication skills are essential.
• Experience in a healthcare setting and/or medical office is preferred; healthcare terminology knowledge a plus.
• Familiarity with MyChart and insurance verification processes is beneficial.
• Ability to verify patient demographics, insurance information, and handle scheduling and billing edits.

Responsibilities

• Answer phones and route calls according to network protocols.
• Register patients and verify demographics and insurance at each visit.
• Schedule patient appointments per practice guidelines and manage patient flow.
• Educate patients on MyChart and assist with sign-up at check-in.
• Balance cash drawer and handle registration/billing edits as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Phone etiquette

Education

High School Diploma

Medical assistant training

Tools

MyChart

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Medical Receptionist is responsible for performing office duties, record keeping functions, and receptionist duties, administrative and follow-up functions in order to assist in the operation of a medical office. The Medical Receptionist will work with and receive supervision from the practice manager, physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Actively participates in maintaining and/or improving quality improvement initiatives.
• Takes active role in facilitation of team approach to functions within the department: Attends departmental meetings.
• Actively participates as a team member in resolution of problems as they are identified.
• Analyzes current procedures, bringing suggestions for improvement to the attention of team members and supervisors for consideration.
• Phones: Field incoming calls and respond appropriately according to network protocols.
• Determines and prioritizes the nature of the incoming call Responds to patient communications and routes complete and accurate messages to the appropriate individual.
• Ensures patient satisfaction at the end of each call.
• Office schedules: Maintains patient and physician office schedules
• Schedules patient appointments according to the guidelines of the practice
• Ensures patient access to requested provider, when available
• Registration: Greets patients in a polite, prompt, engaging manner
• Registers patients according to the guidelines of the practice
• Verifies patient demographics and insurance information at each visit.
• Captures any barriers – i.e. language, vision, hearing etc. and responds accordingly.
• Maintains a consistent patient flow, and advises patients of delays in schedule
• Assist patients with the \"welcome tablet\" at check-in.
• Educate patients on MyChart and assist with sign-up at check-in.
• Ensure all information is correct during insurance verification process (RTE)
• Verify all patient consents are current (ie: HIPPA, Financial Liability)
• Exercises good judgment and communication skills; demonstrates an awareness of emergency situations and responds appropriately.
• Monitors and maintains patient reception area, cleanliness and noise level.
• Possesses basic knowledge of medical terminology and coding.
• Corrects charge review errors.
• Handle registration/billing edits, practice registration errors and missing registration items in work ques daily.
• Is familiar with basic medical insurance concepts (i.e.: deductibles, co-insurance, fee-for-service, managed care)
• Verifies and explains charges to the patient.
• Collects any amounts due at time of service.
• Provides patient education as it relates to insurance and balances owed.
• Responsible to close out and balance cash drawer.
• Sends daily faxes to Central Scanning Team using the correct fax sheet.
• Scans and indexes, as needed.
• Backlog not to exceed 72 hours.
• Maintains referral work queue and update notes in order to communicate with other departments.
• Reviews in-basket clerical pool messages and complete necessary information to clear the message.
• Processes requests for medical records according to practice, State and HIPAA guidelines.
• Follows opening and closing procedures as required.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Requires sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours at time).

Requires continual use of fingers for patient care, writing and computer entry.

Routinely uses upper extremities; occasional requirement to lift up to 25 pounds.

Occasionally push cart with supplies up to 30 pounds.

Occasionally push wheelchair with patient weighing up to 325 pounds.

Regularly requires ability to stoop, bend and reach above shoulder level.

Requires ability to hear normal conversation and good general, near and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

High School graduate or equivalent.

Preference given to graduates of accredited medical assistant/administrative training programs.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

One year office experience in a similar healthcare setting or graduate of accredited medical assistant/administrative training program is preferred.

Customer Service experience is strongly preferred.

COMPANY CULTURE:

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.

St. Luke's hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World's Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke's is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke's has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke's was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in the 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke's was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.