Patient Care Technician

Kroger; Oxford (AL); On-site; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger is seeking a Patient Care Technician to support clinic operations and patient flow under the supervision of nursing staff. You will handle front-desk tasks, intake, and essential EHR documentation while maintaining a stellar patient experience.

Responsibilities include greeting patients, collecting insurance information, taking vital signs, and assisting with specimen handling as directed. A fast-paced team environment and strong attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Excellent administrative, communication, and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Basic math skills (counting, addition, subtraction).
• Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced, team-based environment.
• Excellent customer service and task-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining a safe, survey-ready healthcare environment.
• Greet customers or potential patients at front area.
• Clean and organize clinic space daily; disinfect equipment and rooms.
• Handle registration and scheduling; verify identity and prepare patient records in EHR.
• Manage patient flow using queue, appointment, and kiosk systems; collect payments and insurance information.
• Take vital signs and patient history, entering data into EHR.
• Provide guidance to waiting patients on registration, wait times, and services.
• Answer phones and handle patient/provider calls; perform daily callbacks as required.
• Support off-site events and assist with sample collection when needed.

Skills

Administrative skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Under the day to day direction of the on-duty nurse practitioner/physician assistant, the general purpose of the patient care technician (PCT) position is to maximize patient flow through the clinic while providing a stellar patient experience. Responsible for performing all the appropriate administrative tasks, including electronic health record (EHR) documentation, in accordance with company policy. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Assist in maintaining a safe, quality-based, survey-ready healthcare environment as required to maintain Joint Commission Accreditation
• Greet any customers or potential patients while in the front area or near the clinic
• Clean and organize the clinic space daily, including, but not limited to, taking out trash, logging and putting away supply orders, cleaning the floor under counters and around furniture, cleaning examination rooms after patient visits, and equipment disinfection
• Answer questions, following HIPAA guidelines while in the front area. Consult with the provider for questions related to scope of services (i.e., what is in scope or out of scope)
• Utilize the Patient Queue, Appointment Tool, and Patient Kiosk systems to effectively manage waiting room flow
• Complete the registration process, placing the patient under the respective scheduler book for the provider on duty
• Verify the patient or responsible party's identity using a government-issued source
• Determine method of payment, describing the options of payment available, including prompt pay, voucher system, or filing with one of our accepted insurance plans; collect payments and log in the EHR
• Collect the patient or responsible party's insurance information, if applicable; collect payments and log in the EHR
• Scanning all appropriate documents or alert the provider if they need to complete the scanning
• Escort the patient to the exam room and determine the patient's chief complaint
• Obtain vital signs and patient history and enter the data in the EHR in designated clinics with completed competencies
• Continue to process the patients in the waiting following appropriate clinic flow
• Provide waiting patients/potential patients guidance on registration, wait time, services that may be rendered, and payment methods
• Answer phones, responds to questions, and return patient/provider calls; complete daily patient call backs per policy
• Participate in and prepare for off-site events as needed
• Put together weekly order supplies for provider's approval; prepare packages, laboratory specimens, and mail for shipping
• If a float: Travel to designated clinics within a specified geographic area
• Advanced Patient Care Technicians, who have completed required competencies, may assist the provider within specified company protocols to obtain specimens for testing as ordered by provider on duty as well as report negative labs to patients per direction of provider
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic computer skills
• Excellent administrative, communication, and organizational skill with high attention to detail
• Basic math skills (i.e., counting, addition, and subtraction)
• Ability to work cooperatively in a fast-paced, team-based environment
• Excellent customer service, organizational, and task-management skills

Desired

• Any previous experience in retail, customer service, or healthcare
• Knowledge of infection control practices