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Patient Receptionist

Employer
Altru Health System
Location
Grand Forks, ND
Salary
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Industry
Healthcare
Role
Administrative
Job Type
Long-Term

Job Details

Job Summary

The Patient Receptionist serves by greeting customers as they arrive in the department, and answers questions. This position answers telephone, routes calls, maintains information and communicates messages. The receptionist effectively performs data entry and retrieval, completes documentation, verifies complete patient identification, and processes patients/specimen. This position participates in service area quality improvement initiatives and completes all required documentation.
Essential Job Functions
Serves as a receptionist by greeting patients/customers as they arrive in the department, answers questions and coordinates patient/customer visit. Organizes and prioritizes activities to accomplish workload and maintaining a neat and orderly workstation.

Engages in courteous communication that supports business operations through verbal, written, and other appropriate means.

Provides clear instruction to the patient for specimen collection. Retrieves, sorts and routes specimens and verifies complete patient identification and information on requisition and specimen. Processes patient/specimens i.e., admitting, order entry, ABN determination.

Schedules patients for laboratory procedures i.e. outpatients, and nursing home.

Processes laboratory and patient reports i.e., printing, recording, distributing, faxing, filing, retrieval, etc.

Recognizes problems, investigates and troubleshoots, takes corrective action, documents problems and corrective action taken, and notifies supervisor in a timely manner.

Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
  • Demonstrates understanding and follows infection control policies and procedures according to standard operating procedure.
  • Maintains requirements for age specific competencies for the position and demonstrates the knowledge or principles of growth and developments and the skills necessary to provide patient/customer care/services.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of and compliance with:
    • All pertinent safety, health and environmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
    • Working safely, without causing harm or risk to self, others or property.
    • The work environment safety procedures and prompt reporting of unsafe practices, procedures, accidents, injuries or other safety violations to the Leader.
    • The use of all safety equipment and personal protective equipment.

Driving Requirements
  • Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
  • Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
  • Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
  • Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Category

Infrequent Driver

Knowledge & Skills

Title

Required/Preferred

Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills.

Required

Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology.

Preferred

Physical Demands
Frequency 8 Hour Shift 10 Hour Shift 12 Hour Shift Rarely (1-4%) 1-19 min 1-24 min 1-29 min Occasionally (5-33%) 19 min-2.6 hrs 24 min-3.3 hrs 29 min-3.9 hrs Frequently (34-66%) 2.6-5.3 hrs 3.3-6.6 hrs 3.9-7.9 hrs Continuously (67-100%) 5.3-8 hrs 6.6-10 hrs 7.9-12 hrs
Activity

Frequency

Sit

Frequently (34-66%)

Stand

Occasionally (5-33%)

Walk

Occasionally (5-33%)

Stoop/Bend

Occasionally (5-33%)

Reach

Frequently (34-66%)

Climb

Not Applicable

Crawl

Not Applicable

Squat/Crouch/Kneel

Occasionally (5-33%)

Twist

Occasionally (5-33%)

Handle/Finger/Feel

Continuously (>67%)

See

Continuously (>67%)

Hear

Continuously (>67%)

Weight Demands

Activity

Amount

Lift - Floor to Waist Level

Sedentary (
Carry

Sedentary (
Push/Pull

Sedentary (
Slide/Transfer

Not Applicable
Working Conditions
Condition

Frequency

Indoor

Continuously (>67%)

Outdoor

Not Applicable

Extreme Temperature

Not Applicable
Employee Health
Functional Assessment

Hazardous Drug Exposure

Fit Testing Required

Not Applicable

No

Yes

Company

Do what you love. Make a difference. Join our team of over 4,000 health professionals and support staff committed to caring for the region for more than 100 years.

At Altru Health System, we are serious about providing an exceptional patient experience and positively impacting the communities we serve. Our physician-led, community-owned, not-for-profit health system serves over 225,000 residents in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. We are a proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply or interview for a position, please contact careers@altru.org or 701.780.5123.

Company info
Website
Telephone
701-780-5123
Location
Grand Forks
North Dakota
US

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