Clinical Secretary - Family Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health | New Hampshire | Rezi

Clinical Secretary - Family Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

Clinical Secretary - Family Medicine

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · New Hampshire

5 days ago

Clinical Secretary - Family Medicine

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · New Hampshire

5 days ago
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About the Role

Schedules appointments, tests or procedures, responds to patient calls, provides instruction/support to staff for communicating with patients and may act as liaison between providers & specialists outside of D-H.

Responsibilities

  • Responds to patient calls providing general information and education.
  • 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.
  • 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 at the end of day to identify and contact those patients who require follow up 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 providers & specialists outside DH.
  • Participates in initiatives to improve department workflows and policies and procedures.
  • Delivers mail to mail room and picks up mail to be distributed within department on a daily basis.
  • Completes monthly tracers and weekly BCA (Business Continuity Application) system checks.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned.
  • Able to be a team player and collaborate with others throughout the system.

Requirements

  • Ability to effectively interact with providers, staff, patients and insurance plan representatives a must
  • Able to prioritize multiple tasks
  • Must have prior computer experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Attention to detail

Skills

  • Knowledge of insurance benefit programs
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Experience Level

  • 1 year experience in provider office preferred

Education Level

  • High school graduate or equivalent