Patient Care Support Services Assistant

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

Job summary

By the Bay Health in Sonoma, CA, seeks a Patient Care Support Services Assistant to support the Patient Care Support Services Manager with patient records and administrative tasks in compliance with organizational policies and laws. This full-time, on-site role works Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend rotations and travel to a Larkspur office as needed.

The position emphasizes accurate record-keeping, efficient communication, and collaboration with multiple departments to ensure

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum one year of clerical/administrative experience in a health care setting.
• Experience with health care administrative processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming calls from patients, caregivers, and medical staff to route to the proper staff member.
• Daily chart audits using Epic, Excel, and related reports to ensure accuracy.
• Collects and distributes interoffice mail.
• Facilitates outgoing mail using the USPS system.
• Assist PCSS Manager on special projects as requested.

Skills

Phone triage

Administrative support

Data auditing

Interoffice mail

Education

High school diploma or GED

1 year admin health care experience

Tools

Epic EMR

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 Assistant supports 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

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.