Front Desk Administrator

  • Full-time

Company Description

Integrated Dermatology is a leading national Dermatology practice that acquires and partners with Dermatology practices across the United States. The culture at IDG is a reflection of its people. Our environment is filled with hard-working, dynamic individuals who come together to ensure the success of our partner Dermatologists.

Job Description

Our busy Dermatology practice is looking for a Full-Time and a Part-Time Front Desk Administrator to join our team!

Duties:

  • Serves patients by greeting and helping them, scheduling appointments, and maintaining records and accounts
  • Welcomes patients and visitors in person or on the telephone and answering or referring inquiries
  • Optimizes patients’ satisfaction, provider time, and treatment room utilization by scheduling appointments in person or by telephone
  • Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying clinical staff of patient’s arrival, reviewing service delivery compared to schedule, and reminding clinic staff of service delays
  • Comforts patients by anticipating patients’ anxieties, answering patients’ questions, and maintaining the reception area 
  • Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records
  • Maintains patient accounts by obtaining, recording, and updating personal and financial information
  • Obtains revenue by recording and updating financial information, recording, and collecting patient co-pays and account balances
  • Coordinates with Insurance companies, referring medical offices and Pathology Labs
  • Protects patients’ rights by maintaining confidentiality of medical, personal, and financial information
  • Maintains operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
  • Attains and maintains mastery level knowledge of all assigned medical practices, including provider/clinic schedules, patient scheduling preferences, and scope of services offered
  • Performs duties independently, and in collaboration with team, asking for assistance from peers and/or supervisors as needed
  • Obtains required information such as insurance cards and driver’s licenses; obtains consent to treat, releases of information, and other required paperwork from 100% of patients
  • Takes ownership of the patient check in process, verifies appointments via EHR practice management system; explains next steps in patient appointment flow
  • Averages a minimum of 95% registration accuracy; enters information consistently following established guidelines; information is not only accurate, but also consistently uniform (i.e. uses upper- and lower-case type appropriately, enters complete phone numbers, etc.) 
  • Handles patients and others with tact; utilizes de-escalation techniques and knows when to disengage and ask for management

Qualifications: 

  • Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette
  • Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position (80%) of the time

Job Type:

  •  8:00 am –6:00 pm 4 days per week depending on the needs of the clinic 

Experience:

  • 1+ year(s) of Front Desk Administrative experience (required)
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, HIPAA, and OSHA regulation (preferred)
  • EMR experience (preferred))
  • Dermatology experience (preferred)

Education:

  • High school diploma or equivalent (required)

Certifications/Licenses:

  • N/A

Pay:

  • Pay ranges from $18.00 to $22.00 per hour based on years of experience. 

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