Registrar - PRN

Commonwealth Health; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The Admissions Representative at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital handles all patient registrations for admissions, emergency care, short stay, and outpatient services. Responsibilities include collecting and verifying demographics and insurance data, obtaining signatures, and collecting co-pays, deductibles, and deposits.

The role may coordinate bed assignments, transfers, and ER admits. This PRN position requires strong communication, clerical accuracy, and the ability to manage multiple tasks

Qualifications

• High School graduate.
• Data entry and/or secretary/receptionist experience is helpful.
• Up to 6 months of on-the-job training plus periodic updating is provided.
• Previous experience in customer service or healthcare environments is beneficial.
• Communication skills, clerical accuracy, Public Relations aptitudes, scheduling, and sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• The Admissions Representative is responsible for all registration functions related to patients presenting for admissions, emergency care, short stay, and outpatient services including obtaining/verifying patient demographic information and insurance, obtaining required signatures, and the collection of applicable co-pays, deductibles, and deposits.
• The representative may also be responsible for the coordination of bed assignments for patients, including transfers, direct admits, ER admits, etc.

Skills

Communication skills

Clerical accuracy

Public relations

Scheduling

Multitasking

Sound judgment

Telephone manners

Education

High School graduate

Job description

JOB LOCATION - Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

JOB SHIFT – PRN (1st/2nd or 3rd shift)

JOB PURPOSE

The Admissions Representative is responsible for all registration functions related to patients presenting for admissions, emergency care, short stay, and outpatient services including obtaining/verifying patient demographic information and insurance, obtaining required signatures, and the collection of applicable co-pays, deductibles, and deposits. The representative may also be responsible for the coordination of bed assignments for patients, including transfers, direct admits, ER admits, etc.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education

High School graduate

Experience/Specialized Skills/Aptitudes

Data entry and/or secretary/receptionist experience helpful. Up to 6 months of on-the-job training plus periodic updating is provided. Previous experience in customer service or healthcare environments is beneficial. Communication skills, clerical accuracy, Public Relations aptitudes, scheduling, and sound judgment. Ability to do several tasks simultaneously, handle multiple priorities with interruption, and complete accurately and timely. Good telephone manners. Medical terminology and knowledge of insurance are helpful.