Receptionist, PRN

Mercy Health Corporation; McHenry (IL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercyhealth in Illinois seeks a part-time front-desk receptionist to provide clerical support and patient coordination. The role handles calls, welcomes visitors, and directs inquiries while maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities include Epic scheduling and registration, insurance verification, patient payments, and MyChart assistance, with a focus on accurate record-keeping.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous medical reception or reception experience preferred.
• Basic knowledge of Epic preferred.

Responsibilities

• Answers incoming telephone calls and routes to appropriate personnel.
• Welcomes on-site visitors and manages access as needed.
• Schedules patient appointments and registers in Epic.
• Loads and verifies patient demographics and insurance information.
• Collects co-payments and posts payments in Epic.
• Responds to MyChart messages and assists patients with signup.

Skills

Keyboard skills

Medical terminology

Epic

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Epic

Job description

OVERVIEW

Provides front-desk and clerical support by answering calls, assisting visitors, managing messages and office supplies, and directing patient communications to the appropriate staff. Schedules and registers patients in Epic, verifies demographic and insurance information, collects and posts payments, assists with MyChart, and maintains accurate records while protecting patient confidentiality.

SCHEDULE

PRN

SHIFT

Variable

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Answers incoming telephone calls, determines purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel and routes Epic Messages to nursing and provider as appropriate.
• Retrieves messages from voice mail and forwards to appropriate personnel.
• Answers questions about organization, physicians, and available services, providing callers with address, directions, and other information as appropriate.
• Welcomes on-site visitors, determines nature of business, and announces visitors to appropriate personnel.
• Monitors visitor access and issues passes when required.
• Receives, sorts, and routes mail, and maintains and routes publications.
• Orders, receives, and maintains office supplies.
• Maintains fax machines, assists users, sends faxes, and retrieves and routes incoming faxes.
• Creates and prints fax cover sheets, memos, correspondence, reports, and other documents when necessary.
• Performs other clerical duties as needed.

Epic Scheduling and Registration

• Schedules patient appointments
• Responsible for EMR Electronic Medical Records registration check-in processes in Epic.
• Loads, verifies and updates patient demographics.
• Scans, loads and verifies insurance coverage.
• Collects signed HIPAA and Consent for Treatment documents, updates the interactive face sheet and sends documents to Medical Records for scanning.
• Reviews all Alerts in Epic and refers patient to a PFC when necessary.
• Collects co-payments and other self-pay obligations when required and post in Epic when registering patient.
• Provides patient with an estimated self-pay obligation when appropriate.
• Performs cashiering functions online payment posting within Epic.
• Processes payments and deposits by adhering to the systems Cash Handling Policy.
• Completes daily closing report and balances their individual cash drawer at the end of each day.
• Performs petty cash count in and out daily and records appropriately.
• Assist patients with MyChart signup and activation.
• Replies to MyChart messages in a timely manner, closing messages when complete.
• Safeguards patient privacy and confidentiality per MHS policies.
• Preps Routes daily for upcoming appointments for frontline registration.
• Reviews daily work queues and corrects identified patient registration errors.
• Utilizes Epic waitlists based on provider preference.
• Reviews and updates no-shows and cancellations for the day

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred
• Previous medical reception or reception experience preferred.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

N/A

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Understands and demonstrates Critical Moments of Service techniques and standards
• Ensures reception and lobby areas are well maintained and clean
• May be required to work flexible hours and overtime during peak hours.
• Preforms all other duties as assigned.
• May be responsible for working in alternate locations
• Basic knowledge of keyboard skills and medical terminology preferred.
• Good interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of Epic preferred.

LEVEL OF SUPERVISION

Some independent judgment is required, but alternatives are limited by standard practices or procedures

SUPERVISES

N/A

PAY RANGE

$16.89 - $25.33

Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more.

At Mercyhealth, we don't simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our people and culture, including:

• #1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50
• One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
• A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women