Patient Accommodations Coordinator PRN Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a Reservations Clerk to manage hospital admissions logistics, ensuring reservations and pre-certifications are completed for scheduled admissions. The role involves coordinating patient room assignments across units and aligning bed availability with multiple departments, while verifying insurance and maintaining patient service quality.

The position requires strong communication, accuracy in documentation, and the ability to stay composed during bed shortages.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient registration procedures.
• Proficient in medical terminology.
• Experience with medical office functions and Microsoft applications.
• Typing speed 45 wpm.

Responsibilities

• Obtains reservations and pre-certifications for scheduled admissions.
• Coordinates reservations for all patients entering the hospital.
• Assigns patient rooms for medical/surgical and monitored units.
• Coordinates bed assignments with Behavioral Health, Rehab, Mother/Baby, Palliative Care, Pediatrics and Critical Care.
• Verifies insurance.

Skills

Patient registration experience

Medical terminology

Medical office operations

Typing speed

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Summary Job Description

Ensures that all reservations along with pre-cert information are obtained for all scheduled admissions. Coordinates reservations on all patients entering the hospital, assigns all patient rooms for medical/surgical and monitored step-down units and coordinates bed assignments with Behavioral Health, Rehab, Mother/Baby, Palliative Care, Pediatrics and Critical Care. Obtains pre-certifications for scheduled admissions prior to admission of patient. Verifies insurance

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required

High school diploma or equivalent preferred; experience in patient registration procedures, medical terminology, medical office functions, Excel, Microsoft applications and computer keyboard experience. Prefer prior work experience with insurance verification. Position necessitates the ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, hospital personnel, physicians, and other customers. Must always display a courteous and helpful attitude toward patients, public and fellow employees and have a positive working relationship with all departments, floors, and doctors' offices. Must maintain composure when under pressure due to a shortage of beds. Must be experienced in the use of various office machines. Must type 45 wpm. Must exhibit good telephone skills.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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