Radiation Oncology Office Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Performs the Essential Functions of the Radiation Therapy Assistant as needed (i.e., covering for time off).
• Develops and maintains effective channels of communication within the department, with other care team members, and other modalities in the Radiology Department.
• Collaborates with physicians and other clinical disciplines regarding individual patient care.
• Performs patient registration, ordering, collecting, preparing and securing specimens for laboratory analysis as needed.
• Coordinates with other departments as needed.
• Assists with development of marketing materials and marketing plan.
• Performs marketing visits with medical offices and providers and other applicable entities.
• Addresses billing and insurance questions and concerns.
• Refers to SBA Business Office as needed.
• Oversees pre-authorization process, including checking insurance eligibility via eligibility system or software.
• Effectively applies policies relative to safety and infection control.
• Maintains adequate inventory of medical supplies and equipment for exams, treatment, diagnostic procedures, and maintains accurate records for use in budgetary and inventory process.
• Prepares and stocks examination rooms as needed.
• As applicable, participates in professional activities and attends educational in-services and committee meetings in order to obtain new knowledge about care trends as they apply to radiation therapy, authorization and billing, and patient care/safety.
• Establishes and maintains communication with vendors about new supplies and equipment to improve care and services.
• Performs charge capture for Physician consultation.
• Coordinates efforts for treatment charges, billing, and authorization.
• Meets regularly with other members of the care team to review charges, billing, and authorization.
• Maintains awareness of patient's financial constraints and provides resources as needed for those patients.
• Coordinates provision of care with other departments.
• Initiates CPR.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• May require frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and grasping.
• Occasionally requires lifting and carrying up to 35 lbs.
• May also require pushing and pulling up to 35 lbs.
• Job requires full range of body motion, with occasional twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crawling, and reaching.
• Job may require reaching overhead.
• Job requires ability to handle and lift clients.
• Eye-hand coordination, and finger and manual dexterity are required.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to a normal range.
• Job requires working under stressful conditions and/or irregular hours.
• Some exposure to communicable diseases, sharps, and hazardous material is anticipated.
• Job requires potential exposure to body fluids and radiation.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters and symbols.