Cashier/Receptionist - AF | 12hrs/week

About the role

Facility: Bemidji Medical Center. Location: Bemidji, MN. Address: 1300 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA. Join our dedicated Admitting team at the Emergency Room front desk! This fast-paced, patient-focused position offers schedule stability, growth opportunities, and a supportive team environment. This position is 24 hours per pay period and would cover 2:00pm to 10:30pm every other weekend, and one 6:30am to 3:00pm day shift during the week. Afternoon shifts come with a shift differential of $1.50 above the starting wage offer. Extra shifts would be available if interested to cover PTO, open positions and call ins. Current staff are given priority for open positions, allowing opportunities to advance into more desirable schedules or a full time position in the future.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients, verifies patient demographics to accurately register and/or schedule patients, and takes care of related paperwork.
• Creates electronic patient files; provides, scans, and routes necessary patient forms and documents.
• Educates patients and captures patient signatures on necessary paperwork.
• Establishes and assigns financial responsibility and/or assists with arrangements while adhering to appropriate policies and procedures.
• Collects co-payments, pre-payments, and/or payments on account balances.
• May also work through the registration work queue to address and resolve issues specific to registration, including work queue errors, denied insurance claims, and maintenance of the registration database.
• Operates multi-line telephones and depending on location, may serve as a switchboard operator calling codes and paging providers.
• Preparation and coordination of charts; organizing supporting provider documents; discussing pre-payment responsibilities; initiation of patient financial assistance; prior authorization; track patient visits; collaborating with patient financial services and health information management on patient accounts; work on weekly and monthly reports; compiling, distributing, administering and scoring of assessments; coordination of Telemed appointments; provider and schedule maintenance; charge entry/billing and charge verification; reminder calls for appointments; hospital admission; make copies, send faxes, and order supplies.
• Displays professionalism and promotes an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation.
• Must be able to work as part of a team and also work independently.
• Frequently takes direction from nursing team, stepping in to aid with Code Blue situations.
• Must always maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Requires excellent customer service and the ability to empathize with patients and their situations.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and use of professional written communication when making notes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Post secondary education or equivalent training in a healthcare or business related field is required. Must have at least 1 year of applicable experience.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.

Pay

Salary range: $18.44 - $24.79 per hour. Afternoon shifts receive a shift differential of $1.50 above the starting wage. Union position: Yes.

Schedule

Shift: 8 Hours - Varied Shifts. Job Schedule: Part time. Weekly Hours: 12.00. This position covers 2:00pm to 10