CNA- MMH Surgery & Specialty Clinic - FT (40 HRS) - DAYS
Minidoka Memorial Hospital · Minidoka, ID · 1 wk ago
Full-time
Duties And Responsibilities
- Collects co-payments and other professional fees
- Schedules patients’ appointments
- Verifies current billing and demographic information at each visit
- Answers phone calls – schedules appointments, admits patients into practice management software for appt with provider, verifies current billing and demographic information at each visit
- Scans documents into charts as needed and continuously re-files processed charts back onto file rack
- Requests medical records for new clients as needed
- Readies electronic charts for appointments as needed
- Keeps the waiting room clean
- Assists in keeping clinical office inventory and notifies supervisor when supplies need to be ordered
- Maintains inventory of necessary office supplies
- Handles cash, credit, or check transactions with patients; issues receipts and change due to patients; processes payments and establishes payments with usage of calculators and cash registers
- Updates and maintains medical records in preparation for patient appointment, and is responsible for routing incoming patient data to Physician for evaluation/review, and to the Nurse for computerized update of clinical problem list
- Takes and records routine elements of systemic reviews: elements of patient’s history, elements of present illness
- Takes vital signs of the patient
- Enters orders into the electronic chart as directed by the providers
- Affords assistance in procuring laboratory samples, per posted laboratory protocol
- Maintains inventory of necessary medical/examination supplies needed for each of the examination rooms
- Restocks examination rooms (per posted inventory list) on a daily basis, more frequently as needed
- Prepares packs for sterilization
- Actively engages in quality improvement activities
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Current Registered Nurse license in state of practice
- Experience in a healthcare setting preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team