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Clinical Secretary OB/GYN Jobs in Manchester, NH at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
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Overview:
Seeking outstanding candidates with excellent verbal and written communication and customer service skills to work as part of our team assisting patients with referrals, scheduling appointments, tests or procedures, and working tasks in an electronic medical record. The right candidate will exhibit a proven ability to work effectively both independently and within a team, acting as a liaison between physicians & specialists both in and outside of Dartmouth Health.
Position is located in Bedford NH.
Responsibilities:
Excellent patient skills both in person and on the phone.
Greets patients arriving for appointments, provides appropriate questionnaire(s), answer questions and assists patients with completion of forms and use of technology, acknowledges any delays and keeps patient updated.
Assesses needs of patients without appointments and processes requests for prescriptions, forms, appointments or need to speak directly to clinical support.
Reviews schedules daily for accuracy in scheduling, needed ancillaries and incoming records and makes adjustments as needed. Reviews wait list, manages multiple e-DH worklists and reschedules patients to assure schedules are fully booked and patients’ needs are met.
Completes any follow up needs for patients as directed by the After Visit Summary (i.e., booking appointments, scheduling lab and radiology exams or arranging for any external procedures).
Receives incoming phone calls from providers, other staff or external provider offices and patients. Appropriately assesses the needs of the caller and processes requests, takes messages, schedules appointments or transfers the call.
Monitors and completes system messages in a timely manner to meet patients’ needs. Monitors incoming faxes regularly and reviews each to determine the proper course of action in a timely manner.
Reviews all provider schedules throughout the day to identify and contact those patients who require follow up, did not show for their appointments and processes letters to no shows in accordance with current policy.
Supports providers and staff in addressing patient questions/concerns. Provides instruction/support to providers and staff on communicating with patients regarding these questions or concerns.
Monitors the waiting room for patients in distress and seeks assistance when needed. Responds to minor patient concerns and complaints using service recovery tactics. Reports all concerns and complaints to supervisor/manager.
Manages multiple in-baskets by monitoring, prioritizing and properly routing the messages. Completes tasks as assigned by providers or clinical staff.
Acts as liaison between primary care physicians & specialists outside DH.
Monitors referral work queues for internal and external referrals. Processes new referrals according to established procedures and tracks queue status to insure that referrals are completed.
Implements and monitors DH policies and procedures. Participates in initiatives to improve the referral management process.
Processes incoming mail and faxes to be distributed within department on a daily basis, completes monthly tracers and weekly BCA (Business Continuity Application) system checks.
Performs all other duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications:
High school graduate or equivalent with 1 year experience in provider office.
Knowledge of insurance benefit programs and medical terminology.
Ability …
Title: Clinical Secretary OB/GYN
Company: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Location: Manchester, NH
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