Ambulatory Office Assistant III Position Available In Otsego, New York

Job Order Number:

DG0192579

Job Title:

Ambulatory Office Assistant III

Company:

Bassett Healthcare Location:

Cooperstown, NY

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Education:

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Duration:

Full Time, Regular

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Description:

 The best thing about this role Are you looking to make a difference by improving the health of our patients? Here you will find an innovative culture that is patient-focused and dedicated to making a difference. We are committed to helping the population we serve, and our communities, achieve optimum health and enjoy the best quality of life possible. What you’ll do The Ambulatory Office Assistant III serves as the first point of contact for patients within the Bassett Healthcare Network. This is a key role in the patient centered care team. Demonstrates excellence in all patient and customer encounters including face-to-face and telephone interactions. Assures that a high-quality patient experience takes place by providing administrative and/or clinical support to ambulatory patient care teams through excellent customer service, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills. Responsible for providing clear, accurate, timely communication to nurses and providers regarding patients. Responsible for accurate, appropriate scheduling of patients for optimum care and provider efficiency. Responsible for collecting demographic and financial information during the scheduling and/or registration processes to ensure full and timely revenue capture. May have direct revenue responsibility through payment collection, cash handling, processing of insurance eligibility and managed care information. May also have direct patient care responsibilities. Receives and greets every patient in a courteous and friendly manner using a welcoming positive tone, words and actions. Will meet patient needs as observed by Supervisor and as reported on patient satisfaction surveys. Ensures new patients are provided with a Welcome to Bassett Network Packet which includes Advance Directive information. Health Information Privacy documents, plus Health Center and Bassett Network brochures. Also established patients over the age of 18 who do not have documentation of receiving Advanced Directives are provided this information as reviewed through random audits of system documentation. Raises up emergent situations or expressed patient problems directly to Supervisor or Supervising Nurse for assistance as observed by Supervisor and Supervising Nurse Answers phones within 3 rings using a 3-part greeting (Name of Dept, your name, “How may I help you?”) as observed by Supervisor and as noted in compliance reports. Ends calls by asking patient if there is anything else we can do for them today as observed by Supervisor and as noted in compliance reports. Takes clear, complete and accurate phone messages, (and follows up on these messages to make sure the patients’ needs are met) or prescription requests using the electronic medical record messaging system as observed by Supervisor and reported by providers and nurses. Available for incoming calls, maintains operator statistics at or above institution standards. Offers patients the opportunity to sign up for MyBassett on the phone. Pro-actively keeps patients informed of any delays in their providers schedules that may impact their time to be seen. Ensures patient preferences for communication are up to date. This will ensure appointment reminders are sent via mail, phone, or MyBassett to meet patient satisfactions. Takes a lead in service recovery and acts as a service liaison in the moment. Acts as a trainer for incoming new staff in all reception and call handling functions, and or provides orientation as requested by supervisors for new employees. May assign daily agent assignments for telephone queues in either Amtelco or Cisco, as appropriate. Obtains all information necessary to complete the outpatient registration process assuring demographic and insurance information is correct and is entered or scanned into the system accurately as monitored by system audit Accurate confirmation of attending PCP and Billing PCP, when appropriate. Assures correct data capture and data entry (such as MSPQ)