Patient Care Coordinator

Total-Vision-5; San Gabriel (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Total Vision in San Gabriel, CA is seeking a Part Time - Hourly front desk/administrative assistant for the optometry practice. You will greet patients, manage appointments, verify insurance, and support front desk operations with accuracy and a friendly demeanor.

The role emphasizes multi-tasking, strong communication, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on patient care and retention.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Experience in the Ophthalmic/Optometric/medical industry is a plus but is not required.
• Bilingual in English/Mandarin or Cantonese.

Responsibilities

• Warmly greet incoming patients and complete check-in.
• Answer telephones, schedule appointments, transcribe messages and faxes.
• Verify insurance eligibility and audit/edit insurance claims as needed.
• Scan and enter documents into the EHR system.
• Confirm next-day appointments and reschedule no-shows.

Skills

Flexibility

Patient rapport

Communication

Multi-tasking

Automation systems

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: GV San Gabriel - San Gabriel, CA 91776Position Type: Part Time - HourlyEducation Level: High SchoolSalary Range: $16.50 - $20.00 Hourly

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Warmly greet incoming patients upon entering the practice and complete the check-in process.
• Administrative duties including answering telephones, scheduling patient appointments per doctor preferences and transcribing messages for return calls and faxes.
• Obtain and verify insurance eligibility for all applicable patients. Responsible for auditing and editing insurance claims as needed.
• Scanning and entering routing slips and other documents into EHR.
• Confirm all appointments for the following day and reschedule no show appointments. Also utilize practice's recall system.
• Pull and prepare charts for all patients scheduled for the following day.
• Processing sales of contact lens through phone calls or doctor transitions.
• Responsible for keeping the front desk organized at all times.
• Opening and closing procedures determined by practice.
• All other duties as assigned.

QualificationsRequired Skills/Knowledge:

• Demonstrated flexibility in addressing a broad spectrum of patient requirements and preferences.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate positive patient rapport and build relationships while increase patient-retention.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) with the proven ability to manage priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities and ensure that patient commitments/deadlines are met.
• Proficiency in utilization of automated equipment and systems standard to the optometry industry.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Experience in the Ophthalmic/Optometric/medical industry is a plus but is not required.
• Bilingual in English/Mandarin or Cantonese

Physical Requirements:

• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Hand dexterity and eye and hand coordination is critical.
• Lifting. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Use of one or both arms and wrists to lift parts, fixtures, and tools on a frequent basis.
• Sitting. Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately or quickly.
• Travel as needed between practices.
• Required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of structures. Must be able to read a computer screen for long periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one workstation to another.

Total Vision is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal civil rights laws.