Patient Account Registrar
Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference. At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare. We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties. Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at www.gch.org .
Responsibilities
- The Patient Account Registrar interviews the patient or his/her representative to obtain patient demographics.
- This position also secures insurance information, eligibility, benefits and authorizations as applicable.
- Works closely with all facets of the Admitting department including PBX operator function and reception areas.
- Must be able to operate a computer to input and retrieve data.
- Ability to communicate with the population served, utilizing age specific techniques from neonatal, pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, middle adult to geriatrics.
- Maintain proficiency in medical terminology.
- Special projects or other assignments may be given with expectations to be completed in a specified timeframe.
Qualifications
- Previous hospital experience as an admissions representative preferred.
- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize needs to meet required timelines.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Customer Services experience required.
- High School Graduate or GED Equivalent Required (effective 4/1/14 for all new hires).
Schedule
Employment Status: Full Time, Shift Nights.