Patient Advocate

AllWays Community Health Center; Fort Leavenworth (KS); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

AllWays Community Health Center in Fort Leavenworth, KS is seeking a Patient Advocate to maintain scheduling, collect income and insurance information, answer phones, and interact positively with all clients. The role supports efficient patient flow in a busy clinic.

The ideal candidate will multitask in a fast-paced environment, have a warm, friendly, engaging personality, and communicate clearly with patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Ability to work well with the public.
• Pays attention to detail.
• On site during clinic hours.
• Communicates effectively.

Responsibilities

• Represent the clinic to the community in a consistently positive and effective manner.
• Greet public in a positive, polite manner.
• Maintain a neat work and reception area.
• Assist patients in completion of paperwork as needed.
• Gathers pertinent information including, but not limited to, patient demographics, income, insurance and residency and medical history.
• Updates patient information as needed.
• Answers telephone and handles calls in a friendly, professional manner.
• Records messages accurately for personnel not available.
• Conducts patient satisfaction surveys.
• Maintains open communications with clinic staff.
• Able to utilize electronic health record software correctly.
• Schedules patients in an appropriate manner.
• Gathers proof of income and assigns sliding fee scale appropriately.

Skills

Greeting patients

Phone handling

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Tools

Electronic health record systems

Job description

Job Summary:

This Patient Advocate is responsible for maintaining the scheduling of patients, obtaining correct patient income and insurance information, answering phones, and interacting in a positive manner with all clients. The Patient Advocate works in a fast-paced environment and must be able to multitask and accommodate frequent interruptions. A warm, friendly and engaging personality is a must, and interacting in a positive manner with all clients. The Patient Advocate is, in essence, responsible for the efficient and effective functioning of the clinic from the standpoint of patient flow.

Essential Functions:

• Greet Patients.
• Schedule appointments.
• Call appointment reminders to patients.
• Assure patient paperwork is complete.
• Answer telephone.

Requirements

• Ability to work well with the public.
• Pays attention to detail.
• On site during clinic hours.
• Communicates effectively.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Represent the clinic to the community in a consistently positive and effective manner.
• Greet public in a positive, polite manner.
• Maintain a neat work and reception area.
• Assist patients in completion of paperwork as needed.
• Gathers pertinent information including, but not limited to, patient demographics, information regarding income, insurance and residency and medical history.
• Updates patient information as needed.
• Answers telephone and handles calls in a friendly, professional manner.
• Records messages accurately for personnel not available.
• Conducts patient satisfaction surveys.
• Maintains open communications with clinic staff.
• Able to utilize electronic health record software correctly.
• Schedules patients in an appropriate manner.
• Gathers proof of income and assigns sliding fee scale appropriately.

Physical Demands:

Physical Abilities

• Stand Occasionally
• Walk Occasionally
• Sit Constant
• Handling/Fingering Frequently
• Reach Outward Frequently
• Reach above Shoulder Frequently
• Climb Not Applicable
• Crawl Not Applicable
• Bend Occasionally

Push Pull:

• 12 lbs or less Occasionally
• 13-25 lbs Occasionally
• 26-40 lbs Occasionally
• 41-100 lbs Occasionally

Lift Carry:

• 10 lbs or less Occasionally
• 11-20 lbs Occasionally
• 21-50 lbs Occasionally
• 51-100 lbs Occasionally
• Over 100 lbs Occasionally