Cardiology Receptionist - Outpatient Clinic Setting chez SOUTHVIEW MEDICAL GROUP PC

Description

Southview Medical Group, P.C. is a large, multi-specialty private practice with 33 Physicians and approximately 185 employees.  We are located in Professional Building 3 of the UAB - Saint Vincent's Hospital Campus in Downtown Birmingham, AL.

Our Physician services include Internal Medicine / Primary Care, Geriatric Medicine, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, and Infectious Disease.  We offer Diagnostic and Laboratory Testing as well.  Our office welcomes between 500 and 700 patient visitors each day.

We offer a robust menu of on-site Diagnostic Testing including X-Ray, DEXA, Ultrasound, CT, Echo, and Nuclear Medicine.  Combined with our expansive in-house Laboratory, we are able to ensure accurate patient results with an efficient turn-around time.  The ability to offer this comprehensive circle of care in a private practice environment sets Southview apart.

Medical Receptionists are a vital part of the overall care process that patients receive while visiting our practice.  Our current opening is located in our Cardiology Office.  Duties include, but are not limited to:

Answering/ handling/ delegating Cardiology switchboard calls, scanning documents into Electronic Health Record System, greeting patients as they arrive at the desk, scheduling and/or re-scheduling appointments for Cardiologists as appropriate, collecting co-pays and balancing daily deposits, scheduling tests and referral visits as needed, registering patients and handling new patient set-up in the Practice Management System, verifying insurance eligibility and benefits of patients, verifying and updating patient account demographics as needed, addressing envelopes, managing daily mail, checking faxes/printers and delivering documents as needed, completing patient reminder phone calls if needed, verifying lab orders into computer system upon checkout of the patient, and other duties as assigned by Management.

Work hours will typically be between 7:30AM and 5:00PM. Work days are Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

Southview requires a High School Diploma/GED for this position. Previous Medical Receptionist experience in a fast-paced Cardiology office preferred. Due to the high volume usage of Electronic Health Records and Electronic Practice Management systems, it is required that Medical Receptionists have a strong background utilizing computers in a working environment. Previous experience scheduling appointments and verifying insurance benefits is highly desirable.