Registration Clerk

Cooper University Health Care; Cape May Court House (NJ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

On-site Early Education Center

Employee discount

Professional development

Job summary

Cooper University Health Care in Cape May County, New Jersey, is seeking a registration clerk to provide extraordinary service during the patient intake process. You will verify demographic and insurance information, greet patients, and direct them to the correct departments, contributing to smooth hospital operations.

This role requires strong data-entry skills, excellent communication, and the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience with data entry and typing.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Initiative and ability to set and achieve high standards.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and directs patients to appropriate areas.
• Interviews patients or family to obtain complete and accurate demographic and insurance information.
• Documents daily in logbook, the disposition of all patients including admissions/discharges per policy.
• Files all charts for Health Information Management and Information Systems in alphabetical order, maintaining a neat and orderly work area.
• Processes placement of patients using bed availability, special requests and criteria for specialty areas.
• Answers phone, records messages, and performs related duties as directed.

Skills

Data entry

Typing

Interpersonal skills

Initiative

Communication

Time management

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

About Us

Cooper University Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving residents and visitors throughout Cape May County. The system includes Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, three urgent care facilities; Cape Regional Physicians Associates with primary care and specialty care providers delivering services in multiple locations throughout Cape May County; The Cancer Center at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, the Claire C. Brodesser Surgery Center; AMI at Cooper, Miracles Fitness and numerous freestanding outpatient facilities providing wound care, lab, and physical therapy services. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part time employees a comprehensive employee benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, on-site Early Education Center (employee discount), attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.

Short Description

A registration clerk is responsible for providing extraordinary customer service while assisting patients at all phases of the intake process, verifying medical information and collecting insurance information, answering questions and performing other administrative and clerical tasks.

Some, but not all, of the responsibilities of this position include:

• Greets patients and directs patients to appropriate areas.

• Interviews patients or family to obtain complete and accurate demographic and insurance information for distribution to appropriate hospital departments.

• Documents daily in logbook, the disposition of all patients including all admissions, discharges, and other occurrences as per policy.

• Files all charts for Health Information Management and Information Systems in alphabetical order, maintaining a neat and orderly work area.

• Processes placement of patients using bed availability, special requests and criteria for specialty areas.

• Answers phone, records messages, and performs related duties as directed.

Experience Required

• Previous data entry or typing experience with knowledge of basic office equipmentrequired.

• Interpersonal skills must be well-developed.

• Mustpossess the initiative and the ability to set and achieve high standards of performance.

• Abilityto make progress on multiple assignments under time constraints and handle a fast-paced environment.

• Mustexhibit good telephone andclericalskills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

• Abilityto learn specific job duties and complete detailed work assignments in a timely fashion.

Education Requirements

HighSchool graduate or equivalent.

Salary Min ($)

USD $17.00

Salary Max ($)

USD $22.73