Patient Care Support Services Assistant

By-the-Bay-Healt; Sonoma (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

By the Bay Health seeks a Patient Care Support Services Assistant to support the Patient Care Support Services Manager. The role involves maintaining patient records and providing administrative support in compliance with policies and applicable laws.

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm, with weekend and holiday rotations. Location: On-site in Sonoma, CA, with occasional travel to the Larkspur office. Pay range: $25.00–$26.00 hourly, full-time with benefits and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum one year of clerical/administrative experience, preferably in health care.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming calls from patients, caregivers, and medical staff to route to the appropriate staff.
• Daily audits of chart information using Epic, Excel, and PCSS Admit reports to ensure accuracy from admission to discharge.
• Collect and distribute interoffice mail.
• Facilitate outgoing mail via USPS.
• Support the PCSS Manager on special projects.

Skills

Call triage

Chart audits

Administrative support

Records management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Epic

Excel

Job description

By the Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

This full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.

The Patient Care Support Services Assistantsupports Patient Care Support Services Manager by maintaining patient records and provide administrative support in compliance with organization policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm; includes weekend and holiday rotations

Location:

On-site; Sonoma with occasional travel to Larkspur office as needed

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include(but are not limited to):

• Triage all incoming calls from prospective and current patients, caregivers, members of medical community, staff, and public, helping to identify the proper staff member to receive the call in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Daily Audit chart audits by running and reviewing Epic, Excel, PCSS Admit reports for Admission to Discharge patients to ensure accuracy, working with internal departments, individual staff members as well as external medical community and vendors.
• Collects and distributes interoffice mail.
• Facilitates outgoing mail using the USPS mailing system.
• Assist PCSS Manager on special projects as requested

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of one year’s experience performing clerical/administrative tasks preferably in a health care setting.

Pay Range:
$25.00 - $26.00 hourly

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